Published on March 31, 2026
The programming of the D’A Film Festival for its 16th edition is structured around a carefully curated selection of perspectives that explore the boundaries of contemporary narrative through three fundamental sections: Talents, Directions, and Radar. In the Talents section, the festival maintains its historical commitment to discovering emerging voices and filmmakers presenting their first or second works. This section is characterized thematic diversity; this year, it spans from the introspective offerings of Spanish films such as *Tanit* and *Érem una gran família* ó, to lesser-known cinemas like Slovenia’s *Fantasy* and Algeria’s *Nomad Shadow*. The section serves as a risky space where formal experimentation intersects with social and existential concerns, mapping the anxieties of a new generation of directors. Collaborations, such as that between Semillites and Tania Hernández Velasco in *Nuestro cuerpo es una estrella que se expande*, aim to renew visual language from the periphery of the industry.
Meanwhile, the Directions section confirms itself as a major showcase for established auteur cinema, bringing together figures who have defined cinematic aesthetics over the past decades. The presence of masters like Hong Sangsoo with *What Does Nature Tell You?* and Tsai Ming-liang with *Back Home* underscores the festival’s interest in cinema that emphasizes observation and prolonged temporality. This year, the section gains significant weight from fundamental names like Claire Denis, Werner Herzog, Lucrecia Martel, and Alice Diop, whose films engage with memory and identity from radically personal lenses. A particularly poignant component of historical reflection and homage is exemplified in the screening of *The Turin Horse* Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, alongside the dual presence of Hlynur Pálmason, allowing viewers to delve into the authorial constants of directors that have already become part of the contemporary European and Latin American cinema canon.
Finally, the Radar section acts as a sensor for the most stimulating trends and names shaping the current independent production landscape, with particular emphasis on Ibero-American and European cinema. This year’s selection offers a journey through diverse aesthetics—from Stillz’s *Barrio triste* and the youthful pulse of Argentine cinema represented by *La noche está marchándose ya* and *Los bobos*, to boundary-defying proposals like *Desire Lines* and *Hiedra* Barragán. Radar departs from conventions to showcase films that, often on the margins of the commercial circuit, succeed in capturing the fragility of our times, as suggested of Cyril Aris’s work. Together, these three sections provide a comprehensive overview of contemporary cinema, balancing the mastery of seasoned directors with the audacity of those beginning to carve their paths in the global industry.
Talents
– *Affection Affection*, and Alexia Walther (France).
– *Érem una gran família*, ó (Spain).
– *Estados generales*, (Spain, Peru).
– *Fantasy*, (Slovenia).
– *Kingdom*, ł Ciechomski (Poland).
– *L’Enfant bélier*, (Belgium).
– *Life in a Beat*, (Greece).
– *Nomad Shadow*, (Algeria).
– *Nuestro cuerpo es una estrella que se expande*, ández Velasco and Tania Hernández Velasco (Mexico).
– *Tanit*, (Spain).
– *The Plant from the Canaries*, -Xi (Germany).
Directions
– *What Does Nature Tell You?*, (South Korea).
– *À pied d’œuvre*, érie Donzelli (France).
– *Ancestral Visions of the Future*, Mosese (Germany, France, Lesotho).
– *Ari*, by Léonor Serraille (France, Belgium).
– *Autobiografia di una borsetta*, (Italy).
– *Back Home*, -liang (Taiwan).
– *Letters to My Dead Parents*, üero (Chile).
– *The Love That Remains*, Pálmason (Iceland).
– *The Turin Horse*, by Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky (Hungary). [Tribute]
– *Fragments for Venus*, (France, Italy).
– *Ghost Elephants*, (USA, Angola, Namibia).
– *Hen*, örgy Pálfi (Greece, Germany, Hungary).
– *Index*, (Romania).
– *Joan of Arc*, Pálmason (Iceland).
– *L’aventura*, (France).
– *Las corrientes*, (Argentina, Switzerland).
– *The Cry of the Guards*, (France).
– *Our Land*, (Argentina, USA, Mexico, France, Netherlands, Denmark).
– *Rose of Nevada*, (United Kingdom).
Radar
– *Barrio triste*, (Colombia).
– *Evidence of Love*, (France).
– *Desire Lines*, (Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Netherlands, Germany).
– *Dry Leaf*, (Germany, Georgia).
– *The Sound of the Fall*, (Germany).
– *Hiedra*,
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