We are excited to celebrate the current moment of vibrant creativity taking place across Catalan cinema. The region’s filmmaking has once again been celebrated in major international festivals such as Locarno, Toronto, Berlin, Cannes and San Sebastian, from which we have gathered our favourite selection of feature and short films to bring to cinemas in Scotland. This year the Catalan Film Festival will be coming not only to Edinburgh and Glasgow, but also to Dundee and Inverness.

The Catalan Film Festival programme this year offers an intimate and contemporary exploration of family relationships, memory, and personal transformation. Each of these films uniquely delves into the complex bonds, expectations, and dynamics that connect us, while reflecting on the inevitable presence of death in our lives – only to celebrate life in the most luminous ways. Through these stories, life is celebrated in its most vulnerable moments, its fleeting beauty, and its ability to reinvent itself.

With emotionally rich and intricate narratives, this Catalan film programme provides a profound reflection on human relationships, motherhood, dysfunctional families, and the passage of time. Through these films, we explore the delicate balance between life, love, and death, as characters uncover in their families the key to understanding both themselves and the world around them.

This is one of the strongest programmes of award-winning Catalan films we have ever brought to Scotland, with a selection of films ranging from satire and comedy to thriller and psychological horror. From the subtle mastery of realism to the bold, extravagant spectacle of a musical that blends exceptional songs, storytelling, design, performance, and dance, the tenth Catalan Film Festival has something for everyone.

Our festival spotlights cinema as a transformative medium, and cinema as a shelter. The programme this year is full of beauty and horror, light and darkness, and of course a pure love for film. Smiles, laughs, and tears are guaranteed.

Programme

8th March, 7.30pm – Shorts Programme I + Castellers performance – St Peter’s Church, Edinburgh

9th March, 7pm – Tren en Sombras – Edinburgh Cine and Video Society, Edinburgh

13th March, 7.30pm – Segundo Premio – French Institute, Edinburgh

14th March, 7.30pm – Shorts Programme II – Kelvin Hall, Glasgow

15th March, 1.20pm – Casa en Flames – GFT, Glasgow

16th March, 5.20pm – Polvo Serán – GFT, Glasgow

18th March, 6pm – Salve Maria – GFT, Glasgow

21st March, 7.45pm – Salve Maria + Q&A – Cameo, Edinburgh

22nd March, 6pm – Casa en Flames – Cameo, Edinburgh

22nd March, 7.30pm – Shorts Programme II – St Peter’s Church, Edinburgh

23rd March, 2pm – Polvo Serán – Cameo, Edinburgh

25th March, 7.45pm – Los Destellos + Q&A – Cameo, Edinburgh

26th March, 8pm – Los Destellos + Q&A – GFT, Glasgow

28th March, 4pm – Talk by Alba Bresolí – Edinburgh Cine and Video Society, Edinburgh

29th March, 3.30pm – Shorts Programme I – DCA, Dundee

29th March, 6pm – Los Destellos – DCA, Dundee

30th March, 1.30pm – Casa en Flames + El Bon Auguri + Q&A – Eden Court, Inverness