D’A – Festival de Cinema de Barcelona
Thursday, 19 March 2026 until Sunday, 29 March 2026
The D’A – Festival de Cinema de Barcelona is one of the city’s cultural trademarks and will introduce an international panorama of the finest contemporary auteur cinema, combining the discovery of emerging new talents with internationally established directors and films.
2026 LGBT films...
Des preuves d’amour
Alice Douard
Céline will be a mother, but she's not the pregnant one. And now she faces motherhood, but also certain social (and legal) prejudices. After premiering at Cannes, this is one of the most celebrated, beautiful, and fresh debuts of the year.
Radar
France · 97 min
Desire Lines
Dane Komljen
Branko is isolated from the society around him. Branko follows his brother, tormented by his behavior. Bodies, places, and mysterious impulses converge in one of the unique and daring offerings of the season.
Radar
Serbia · 107 min
El hielo quema tanto como el fuego
Miguel Ariza
Three friends confide in each other inside a car. Afterward, they go their separate ways and search, in the darkness of the night, for other bodies and loves. Miguel Ariza, portraitist of a generation, returns to the D'A with a three-faceted gem.
Un impulso colectivo - Curts
Spain · 21 min
Els mals noms
Marc Ortiz Prades
This is the story of a young intersex person during the Spanish Civil War. Based on the true story of the Valencian maqui Florencio Pla, Els mals noms follows his dual struggle: political and identity-related.
Especials
Spain · 110 min
Este cuerpo mío
Afioco Gnecco, Carolina Yuste
Carolina Yuste and Afioco Gnecco are friends. He is a trans man on the path to acceptance and reconciliation with his body; she, an unwavering companion. And this film is the result of a friendship and an intimate yet universal journey.
Un impulso colectivo
Spain · 86 min
Fantasy
Kukla
The world of three girls who shun all conventions is turned upside down when they meet Fantasy, a trans girl who breaks all the molds. And like her, this film is a fantasy filled with amazing songs and captivating visuals.
Talents
Slovenia · 98 min
Ferides
Alba Cros
Two girls meet, like each other, and spend a night together sharing intimacies, vulnerability, and games of seduction. Alba Cros (Otherness) returns to fiction with a beautiful nocturnal poem.
Un impulso colectivo - Curts
Spain · 18 min
Iván & Hadoum
Ian de la Rosa
In a greenhouse, under the Almería sun, Iván and Hadoum fall in love. But social and professional differences will test their love. Ian de la Rosa's groundbreaking debut feature arrives at D'A after its premiere in Berlin.
Un impulso colectivo
Spain · 100 min
Kingdom
Michał Ciechomski
A paramilitary group trains men to fight the invaders. Among them is a young man whose brother decides to flee with his family... But their plans are thwarted. From Poland comes an unsettling and hyper-testosterone-fueled dystopia.
Talents
Poland · 112 min
La carn
Joan Porcel
What happens if we mix Chatroulette and contemporary dance? Like a performance where the real and virtual worlds merge, La carn blends concepts and dimensions to become a unique and unsettling thriller.
Un impulso colectivo
Spain · 83 min
Les Immortelles
Caroline Deruas Peano
Two friends dream of traveling to Paris to make it big in the music world... But a tragic event derails their plans. This is a story of youth and friendship. A fresh film that plays with time, format, and melodies.
Radar
France · 88 min
Nomad Shadow
Eimi Imanishi
A film that moves intelligently between poetry and politics. A young Sahrawi woman is deported to Western Sahara. Back where she started, she strives to readjust and cope with the family tensions that have arisen in her absence.
Talents
Spain · 82 min
Nuestro cuerpo es una estrella que se expande
Semillites Hernández Velasco, Tania Hernández Velasco
Using diverse images, a collage that encompasses the most beautiful natural landscapes, and the most striking art, this film explores bodies and identity. A dazzling reflection in both form and content, it has been applauded at festivals such as IDFA.
Talents
Mexico · 84 min
Siemprevivas
Mar López Zapata
This film is a portrait. The portrait of Laura, a trans woman, and her friends, who work in Barcelona's Raval district. But this isn't a portrait of sexual work, but of friendship. The friendship of a group of resilient, funny, and brave women.
Un impulso colectivo
Spain · 75 min
Stallion y la bola de cristal
Christian Avilés
Magic potions and domestic spells. Christian Avilés' (Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays) new and highly personal short film, premiered in Berlin, is a contemporary and urban invocation of love and hidden passions.
Un impulso colectivo - Curts
Spain · 19 min
Un altre home
David Moragas
Despite being a stable and seemingly happy couple, something between them begins to waver when a new neighbor arrives, whom they see through their window. David Moragas, always fresh and luminous, opens the D'A festival with a story of love... and new horizons.
Inauguració
Spain · 90 min
You Are Not a Real Woman
Kha Villanueva, Marta Romero
This is a transvestite film. A brazen and impertinent work that twists audiovisual language and conventions to speak of sexual and structural violence from a first-person perspective. The perspective of Kha, a resident of Barcelona's Raval neighborhood.
Simfonies de ciutat
Spain · 16 min