{"id":18546,"date":"2026-03-13T11:42:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/?p=18546"},"modified":"2026-03-18T18:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T17:11:59","slug":"meet-the-programmers-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/en\/meet-the-programmers-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Programmers 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For months they have been watching and rewatching films to build a top-tier programme, as always. They are the programming advisors, and they know their craft. You\u2019ll find them in the theatres, presenting the films, moderating discussions\u2014intelligent yet neutral. Here, we asked them to be bold and choose one film they believe you shouldn\u2019t miss. Between these and <a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/els-deu-deus-del-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the director\u2019s ten As<\/a>, your week would already be sorted! But hey\u2014before that, don\u2019t forget to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/activitats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">activities<\/a> that make D\u2019A a space for debate, industry and authorship in action!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our film programmers are: <strong>Violeta Kovacsics<\/strong>, <strong>Alba Cros<\/strong>, <strong>Carlos Losilla<\/strong>, <strong>Eul\u00e0lia Iglesias<\/strong>, <strong>Diana Santamar\u00eda<\/strong>, <strong>Xavi Arnaiz<\/strong>, <strong>Irena Visa<\/strong>, <strong>Jordi Sanz Angrill<\/strong>, <strong>Tariq Porter<\/strong>, <strong>Flor Cl\u00e9rico<\/strong> and <strong>Marc Barcel\u00f3<\/strong>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RAD_des_preuves_d_amour_poster_72.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RAD_des_preuves_d_amour_poster_72.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RAD_des_preuves_d_amour_poster_72-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TAL_nuestro_cuerpo_poster_72.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TAL_nuestro_cuerpo_poster_72.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TAL_nuestro_cuerpo_poster_72-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Des preuves d\u2019amour + Nuestro cuerpo es una estrella que se expande<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alice Douard<\/strong> crafts in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/movie\/des-preuves-damour\/\" data-type=\"movie\" data-id=\"17863\">Des preuves d&#8217;amour<\/a><\/em> a <em>feel good movie<\/em> about two women facing motherhood for the first time. With humour, emotion, and focusing on the non-gestational mother, it offers a warm and beautiful human story, with Ella Rumpf and Monia Chokri full of chemistry and naturalness. Also worth highlighting is the beautiful <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/movie\/nuestro-cuerpo-es-una-estrella-que-se-expande\/\" data-type=\"movie\" data-id=\"17542\">Nuestro cuerpo es una estrella que se expande<\/a><\/em> by <strong>Semillites and Tania Hern\u00e1ndez Velasco<\/strong>, where through hybrid cinematic forms they explore their identity as siblings.\u00a0<br><small>-Alba Cros<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Los bobos<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We knew <strong>Sof\u00eda Jallinsky<\/strong> and <strong>Basovih Marinaro<\/strong> from the (very) irreverent <em>Palestra <\/em>and <em>Estertor<\/em>. Their new film, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/movie\/los-bobos\/\" data-type=\"movie\" data-id=\"17895\">Los bobos<\/a><\/em>, continues this spirit with a rebellious tone that doesn\u2019t seek offence for its own sake, but instead conceals an uncomfortable and expansive political dimension\u2014here through a narrative about clandestine lobotomies that completely dismantles the so-called \u201ccinema of cruelty\u201d. The result is a splendid and savage underworld thriller, or an extremely dark comedy, or a brutal drama about the desire for a neutralised society. It is such an extreme and self-aware proposal that it must be seen to be believed.<br><small>-Xavi Arnaiz<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"small-text wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Los bobos | Basovih Marinaro, Sof\u00eda Jallinsky | Trailer | D\u2019A 2026\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NqusOHNCIow?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Plant from the Canaries<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the most surprising debut in Spanish cinema in years, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/movie\/anoche-conquiste-tebas\/\" data-type=\"movie\" data-id=\"17264\">Anoche conquist\u00e9 Tebas<\/a><\/em> arrives with strong momentum, I would highlight this debut feature premiered in Locarno, which draws from the spirit of Hong Sang-soo from its brief runtime, its understated humour, and the temperament of its protagonist\u2014a young Korean woman spending Christmas in Berlin after her boyfriend has left her. With echoes also of Tsai Ming-liang and Wong Kar-wai, the first film by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/movie\/the-plant-from-the-canaries\/\" data-type=\"movie\" data-id=\"17546\">Ruan Lan-Xi <\/a><\/strong>demonstrates (like another D\u2019A name, Alexandre Koberidze) the strength of the talent emerging from the DFFB, the Berlin Film School.<br><small>-Eul\u00e0lia Iglesias<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TAL_the_plant_from_the_canaries_poster_72.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TAL_the_plant_from_the_canaries_poster_72.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TAL_the_plant_from_the_canaries_poster_72-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UIC_viene_tormenta_poster_72.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UIC_viene_tormenta_poster_72.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UIC_viene_tormenta_poster_72-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Viene tormenta<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If cinema were a great poker game, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/movie\/viene-tormenta\/\" data-type=\"movie\" data-id=\"17415\">Viene tormenta<\/a><\/em> would be one of the most legendary all-ins of the season. <strong>Crist\u00f3bal Arteaga<\/strong> takes a beautiful, simple and daring idea to its ultimate consequences, and the result is a play of contrasts that brings together pyrotechnic science fiction and rural realism within the same space-time. A winning bet that, from a small but deeply committed cinematic gesture, dares to cross opposing concepts to transform plausible tragedies into implausible epics and, ultimately, irreverent comedies. A short work that never bluffs and elevates the idea of fiction by turning a small world into the vast terrain where beauty always prevails.<br><small>-Tariq Porter<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Muito barulho<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyone who has ever had to break up with a partner knows it\u2019s a process that feels daunting, and that the support of friends plays a fundamental role. In <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/movie\/muito-barulho\/\" data-type=\"movie\" data-id=\"17361\">Muito barulho<\/a><\/em>, these two factors are skilfully combined, adding a handycam to the equation: what happens if your friend accompanies you through this process, records it, and it becomes a documentary? The result, far from being a specific case, becomes a universal story that opens up space to reflect on friendship, low-cost flights and tourist apartments. With a narrative intuition that flows throughout the runtime and an emotion sustained by everyday conversations, the piece becomes just that: real documentation, like life itself. Nothing more is needed.<br><small>-Irena Visa<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Muito barulho | Carla Coll i Serrano | Trailer | D\u2019A 2026\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j93iNms-RW4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UIC_CURTS_el_hielo_quema_tanto_como_el_fuego_poster_72.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UIC_CURTS_el_hielo_quema_tanto_como_el_fuego_poster_72.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UIC_CURTS_el_hielo_quema_tanto_como_el_fuego_poster_72-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">El hielo quema tanto como el fuego<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/movie\/el-hielo-quema-tanto-como-el-fuego\/\" data-type=\"movie\" data-id=\"17293\">Miguel Ariza<\/a><\/strong>, who has presented his films at the festival on several occasions, stands out for his simplicity and ingenuity. In this work, he returns with a cinematic portrait of a group of friends: love, the city and the night; a simple yet daring vision of an era. Gradually and generously, he introduces us to \u201cordinary\u201d characters who, thanks to a strong mise-en-sc\u00e8ne, become extraordinary.<br><small>-Flor Cl\u00e9rico<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">La noche est\u00e1 march\u00e1ndose ya<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A film about cinema, a film about life, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/movie\/la-noche-esta-marchandose-ya\/\" data-type=\"movie\" data-id=\"17886\">La noche est\u00e1 march\u00e1ndose ya<\/a><\/em>, the debut feature by <strong>Ezequiel Salinas<\/strong> and <strong>Ramiro Sonzini<\/strong>, is not only a fable about Milei\u2019s disastrous Argentina, nor about the effects of fascism on a country and its people. It is also a film made of other films that appear on the screen to tell the story of an art always ready to redeem us. It features a black and white that is both sinister and luminous, from which authentic faces emerge\u2014bodies that could be our own.<br><small>-Carlos Losilla<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RAD_la_noche_esta_marchandose_ya_poster_72.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RAD_la_noche_esta_marchandose_ya_poster_72.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RAD_la_noche_esta_marchandose_ya_poster_72-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">L\u2019Aventura<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sophie Letourneur<\/strong> makes her debut at D\u2019A. The acclaimed and eclectic French filmmaker presents the second part of her trilogy on desire, family and parenting, premiered in the ACID selection at the Cannes Film Festival. After <em>Voyages en Italie<\/em> (2023), in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/movie\/laventura\/\" data-type=\"movie\" data-id=\"17889\">L\u2019Aventura<\/a><\/em> she proposes a chaotic road trip in Sardinia starring Jean-Phi\u2014the stepfather, played by the hilarious Philippe Katerine\u2014Sophie\u2014played by Letourneur herself\u2014and their children Claudine and Raoul, immersed in the relentless rhythm of summer. With an almost documentary immediacy, the camera captures the day-to-day life of a family on holiday\u2014conversations, arguments, rushes\u2014and reveals the complexity of coexistence without dramatizing it. A fascinating and eccentric film about the beauty of banality and everyday gestures that fully asserts Letourneur\u2019s gaze: delicate, fresh, irreverent.<br><small>-Diana Santamar\u00eda<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"L&#039;aventura | Sophie Letourneur | Trailer (VOSE) | D\u2019A 2026\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1cd04GQxoUA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Affection Affection<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is low season in a small town on the French Riviera, and amid silence and emptiness, a series of disappearances, reappearances and explosions erupts. G\u00e9raldine decides to take justice into her own hands and investigate this web where oral storytelling becomes a driving force and a source of contradictions, secrets, lies and narratives. It is remarkable how <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/movie\/affection-affection\/\" data-type=\"movie\" data-id=\"17519\">Affection Affection<\/a><\/em> brings out great tenderness within this multi-layered plot, shifting between awkward and absurd comedy, police thriller and artificial triviality. After its screening in Locarno, this small but great film arrives at D\u2019A\u2014simple and austere, yet deeply human.<br><small>-Jordi Sanz Angrill<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TAL_affection_affection_poster_72.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TAL_affection_affection_poster_72.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TAL_affection_affection_poster_72-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Las corrientes<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lina is at the peak of her career, but suddenly suffers an incident: she falls into the water without it being entirely clear what happened. Thus, the premise of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/movie\/las-corrientes\/\" data-type=\"movie\" data-id=\"17040\">Las corrientes<\/a><\/em> is a crisis. The film by <strong>Milagros Mumenthaler <\/strong>is a praise of framing, of the shot: of a strand of hair, of gloves, of a face. The mise-en-sc\u00e8ne guides us, through humour, mystery and affection, towards the question of the feminine\u2014so often simplified and mystified\u2014without falling into clich\u00e9s.<br><small>-Violeta Kovacsics<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Las corrientes | Milagros Mumenthaler | Trailer | D&#039;A 2026\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OSBH5kz_q9g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-not-stacked-on-mobile is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UIC_CURTS_calidoscopi_comtal_poster_72.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UIC_CURTS_calidoscopi_comtal_poster_72.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/UIC_CURTS_calidoscopi_comtal_poster_72-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calidoscopi comtal<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deliberately a draft, some notes, a kaleidoscope&#8230; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dafilmfestival.com\/movie\/calidoscopi-comtal\/\" data-type=\"movie\" data-id=\"17279\">Guillem BG <\/a><\/strong>fills us with oxygen and offers advice for many: the past is full of things to teach us. We step outside ourselves to become more ourselves. The city has history, history has stones, stained-glass and rooftops. And, too often forgotten, history <em>sounds<\/em>. This comital kaleidoscope is a sincere and transparent ode to Barcelona\u2019s material and immaterial heritage, filmed with the curiosity of someone searching for the right light, the framing that never quite arrives, and with the conviction of music as a moral refuge. When the notes stop, we might hear the muffled cry of History, right beside us.<br><small>-Marc Barcel\u00f3 <\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For months they have been watching and rewatching films to build a top-tier programme, as always. They are the programming advisors, and they know their craft. You\u2019ll find them in the theatres, presenting the films, moderating discussions\u2014intelligent yet neutral. 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