2023
CATALAN FILM FESTIVAL
The Catalan Film Festival returns to Scotland on 21 January – 15 February 2023.
We are extremely excited to return to our favourite Scottish cinemas with the addition of two new venues,
as we partner with the Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT), Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA),
CCA Glasgow, Summerhall, Traverse Theatre, Tapas3 and St Peter’s Church Hall Edinburgh
while maintaining an online window for Catalan art lovers across the UK and globally.
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Our Programme
Start the new year with a taste of rural life in our selection of Catalonian features, short films and bonus tracks.
EDINBURGH OPENING – FESTA MAJOR
Come celebrate the opening of the 8th edition of The Catalan Film Festival.
The Catalan Film Festival will have its official opening in Edinburgh on January 21st with the traditional “Festa Major” Opening Party bringing together Catalan food, short films and a Castellers show (human towers), reclaiming the social value of cinema and community spirit. An evening not to be missed!
CULINARY SCREENING + LUNCH
Join us for a special culinary screening of Sílvia Subirós’ LA CUINA DELS HOMES, sharing this award-winning documentary alongside a Catalan inspired Menu on Sunday 22nd January at Tapas3
In MEN’S KITCHEN / LA CUINA DEL HOMES with archive material and family super 8mm tapes, director Silvia Subiros reflects on the silenced role of women in the history of cooking and haute cuisine, as well follow her own family story behind the revered El Motel, one of the restaurants that brought culinary modernity to Spain-
The film will be preceded by a traditional Catalan cuisine menu consisting of several dishes full of Mediterranean flavours.
For the length of the festival in Edinburgh (21st til 29th) of January TAPAS3 will offer a set menu of Mediterranean food.
CATALAN FEATURES 2023
We have more UK and Scotland premieres than ever before! Presenting the premiere of the latest films by great Catalan auteurs and new talents praised around the world like Isaki Lacuesta’s One Year, One Night (Berlinale Competition, San Sebastian) Isabel Coixet’s The Yellow Ceiling (IDFA, San Sebastian), Adrian Silvestre’s My Emptiness and I (IFFR Rotterdam, QueerLisboa, Outfest LA) Meritxell Colell’s Duo (D’A, Festival de Malaga), Silvia Subiros’ La Cuina dels Homes (DocsBarcelona), Joan Tisminetzky’s D’ombres (FICX Gijon) and the Scottish Premiere of Albert Serra’s Pacifiction (Cannes Competition, TIFF, NYFF, BFI London).
Click on each film to find out more and where to catch it at your local Scottish venue.
CATALAN SHORT FILMS 2023
Catalan Shorts, the house speciality. Short films are the backbone and the origin of the Catalan Film Festival, a festival that started in its inception as an annual showcase of Catalan short films.
CinemaAttic and the Catalan Film Festival maintain a strong support to new Catalan emerging talent and the short film format with a rich and diverse selection of short films (Catalan Curts) that will be shown in Edinburgh, Dundee, Glasgow and an additional programme of shorts only shown in the online retrospective.
TALKS & GUESTS
THE MAKING OF DUO BY MERITXELL COLELL
We will approach the analysis of the creative processes that are put into play in a film, sharing materials from different projects present on the ‘Inside Cinema’ website created by A Bao A Qu and from the films made as a director. From the gestation and ideation to the culmination.
Throughout the day, we will break down issues that come into play, both on a human and creative level, to share different ways of approaching cinematographic work. The objective, far from being methodological, is to delve into the plurality of ways to find a film and what is at stake in that process. Because developing a dramaturgy is not a linear and progressive path, but a composition process that involves associating, constellation, juxtaposition, amalgamation and a long string of verbs that imply action, decision, listening and reflection. Because cinema is an art of bodies and we, as filmmakers, are, above all, a body that feels.
This event is free but needs registration.
Q&A with Adrian Silvestre
This Q&A with Adrián Silvestre’s will be moderated by Inma De Reyes after the film Mi emptiness and I.
Audience members are invited to join the discussion, which will touch on various aspects relating to queer representation, inclusivity, commonality and wellbeing in film.
SPECIAL GUESTS
Love and Long Live our Supporters
Supporters
Catalan Film Festival is run by Spanish & Latin American film collective CinemaAttic, with Institut Ramon Llull as main partner and co-organiser. Other festival partners include Screen Scotland, Estrella Damm, Catalan Films, Colla Castellera d’Edinburgh and Centre Català d’Escocia.
Special Thanks To Our Venue Partners
