D’A and ESCAC join forces for the 2025 edition

The D’A – Barcelona Film Festival and ESCAC join forces for their 2025 edition, forming a special alliance that strengthens both institutions’ commitment to emerging talent.

This year’s major new feature is the Talents x ESCAC Award, worth 15.000 euros, which will reward the best film in the Talents section. This section is dedicated to filmmakers with fewer than three feature films in their filmography and aims to bring visibility to new creators with innovative and distinctive work.

The jury responsible for awarding this prize will comprise Los Javis, who were the patrons of ESCAC’s latest graduating class, and the renowned programmer Paz Lázaro, ensuring a demanding, high-quality selection.

The feature film ‘Jone, batzuetan’ (Jone, Sometimes) will be presented at this edition of the Festival. The project was developed at ESCAC’s Ópera Prima Laboratory, directed by graduate Sara Fantova and developed with a technical crew made up entirely of professionals from the school. 

The following will also feature in the ‘Un impulso colectivo’ section:

• ‘Coto privado de caza’, by Carlos Balbuena
• ‘Invasión pequeña’, by Miguel Ángel Blanca Pachón
• ‘E. P.’ by Guillem BG

In the short film section of ‘Un impulso colectivo’, there are two short films produced by ESCAC Films, both final-degree projects that showcase the school’s emerging talent and its commitment to new formats and narratives:

• ‘Aigua Salina’, by Ivet Moreno and Abraham Delgado (ESCAC Films)
• ‘Gure oilarra kanpoan da’, by Carlota Galilea (ESCAC Films)

Also featured in this section will be:

• ‘Abans de la vida’, by Adriá Pagès Molina
• ‘El príncep’, by Alex Sardà
• ‘Larva’, by Julián Santaella
• ‘Maitemina’, by Erik Rodríguez Fernández
• ‘On no hi ha llum’, by Júlia Garcia

Sofía Esteve, Marina Freixa and Isa Luego (Alumni), directors of the short film ‘Els Buits’, which won the Audience Award at the 2024 edition of D’A, will serve this year on the jury for the section’s best-work award, worth 1.000€, alongside Rocío Quillahuaman.

ESCAC Talent will also be represented in various sections of the Festival:

‘Direccions’ section:

• ‘Ejercicios para ver a Dios’, by Miguel Ángel Blanca

‘Sessions Especials’ section:

• ‘La isla de los faisanes’, by Asier Urbieta

‘Simfonies de la ciutat’ section:

• ‘La barriga de la montaña’, by Lola Clavo
• ‘Loquilla mía’, by Clàudia Estrada Tarascó
• ‘Serem el que sempre hem desitjat’, by Hajar B. Boujtat

With this alliance, D’A – Barcelona Film Festival and ESCAC strengthen their support for new generations of filmmakers and reaffirm their commitment to independent and auteur cinema.

Congratulations to everyone, and see you at D’A!