The finest independent and auteur cinema from the Asian continent returns to Barcelona with an essential line-up featuring over one hundred notable film productions. 🎬🌏

Organized with Casa Àsia, the Asian Film Festival Barcelona (AFFBCN) celebrates its 14th edition as a premier platform for discovering diverse Asian cinematographies and contemporary voices.

🎬 Asian Film Festival Barcelona

📅 From October 22 to November 1, 2026

🕐 Schedule not specified

📍 Cinemes Girona, Barcelona

🎟️ €7 general admission · €9 at weekends

📖 Over one hundred films and five competition sections

The fourteenth edition of the festival showcases more than one hundred independent, experimental, and auteur films, mostly produced between 2025 and 2026. The selection brings together works from 25 countries across Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and the Asia-Pacific region.

The festival features five competitive sections: Official, Official Panorama, Discoveries, NETPAC, and Special Section. Across each section, juries will present awards for best film, best director, and best screenplay.

🎬 Focus India and commemorative retrospective

Indian cinema takes a prominent role in this edition through Focus India, featuring twelve recent films produced between 2025 and 2026. In addition, the festival presents a twelve-film retrospective examining Western cinematic depictions of India between 1946 and 2023, coinciding with the Spain-India Dual Year 2026.

✨ A premier window into independent and contemporary cinema from 25 Asian countries in Barcelona.