Mostra FIRE!! Film Festival 2024

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Film still from "Solo," Sophie Dupuis (Canada, 2023).

Mostra FIRE!! showcases diversity through a carefully curated selection of feature length films and documentaries. Organized by Casal Lambda de Barcelona since 1995, it was the first LGBTQ+ film festival in Spain.

For nearly two weeks, the Institut Français hosts a wide range of documentaries and short films that feature stories and testimonies from different people, presented by filmmakers who seek to break down barriers and address emotional diversity in the broadest sense.

This year's festival opens with Bryan Marciano's tender comedy L’Arche de Noé (Under the Rainbow) (France, 2023) in which a disparate group of LGBTIQ+ young people in a shelter have just six months to find work, a place to live and a path to self-acceptance. Other films on the packed agenda include Sophie Dupuis' Solo (Canada, 2023) which takes us to Montreal's drag scene; Lillah Halla's Levante (Power Alley) (Brazil, France, Uruguay, 2023) a powerful film about true friendship and LGBTIQ+ solidarity; Sally El Hosaini's and James Krishna Floyd's romance Unicorns (UK, 2023) an alluring fusion of forbidden romance and colliding cultures; Goran Stolevski's Housekeeping for Beginners (Croatia, Serbia, Kosovo, 2023) treats complicated and thorny family dynamics—set against a background of ethnic, social, gender and sexuality exclusion—with warmth and big doses of wry humor rarely encountered on the big screen; and many more!

Spring Film Festivals in Barcelona

Barcelona boasts a wide variety of renowned film festivals each spring, and 2024 promises to be another spectacular edition. Check out our article Spring Film Festivals in Barcelona where you'll discover festivals dedicated to fashion docs, films inspired by literature and history, astounding cinematic works that delve into the creativity, mystery and resilience of the human brain and films that explore the LGBTIQ+ experience.

For more events check our online events calendar.