Barcelona's D'A Film Festival is back for an 11th edition — and in actual cinemas, too. Between 29 April and 9 May, the festival will offer a hybrid format, with screenings in cinemas in Barcelona (62 feature films and 26 shorts) and 37 titles available to view on the Filmin platform. This year, it’s also making a flying visit to Madrid: between 7 and 13 May, madrileños will have a chance to catch twelve of the festival’s most outstanding films at participating Renoir Plaza España cinemas.

The programme for the Madrid leg includes the festival’s opening film, Bye Bye Morons [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Małgorzata Szumowska e Mic…
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intervista: Burhan Qurbani
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intervista: Eugen Jebeleanu
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intervista: Emmanuel Mouret
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The D’A festival is always keen to champion home-grown art house cinema, and audiences in both Barcelona and Madrid will be treated to independent titles including Mia & Moi [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Borja de la Vega
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intervista: María Pérez Sanz
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intervista: Jo Sol
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Other Spanish films in the line-up for Barcelona (and available on Filmin) include 9 fugas [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Guillermo Benet
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intervista: Javier Fernández Vázquez
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The festival’s main competitive section — offering a prize of €10,000 — is reserved for emerging filmmakers with a maximum of two features under their belts. Fifteen finalists have been selected, including recent festival favourite Marygoround [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Daria Woszek
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intervista: Suzanne Lindon
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intervista: Fabio e Damiano D'Innocenzo
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This feast of European cinema is rounded off by Miss Marx [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Susanna Nicchiarelli
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intervista: Cristi Puiu
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intervista: Guillaume Brac
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Finally, true cinephiles won’t want to miss a double helping of the work of Russian filmmaker Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, who will be presenting DAU. [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ilya Khrzhanovskiy
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intervista: Ilya Khrzhanovskiy
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