{"id":61260,"date":"2026-04-14T11:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/affbcn-2024-convocatoria-abierta-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:05:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T11:05:44","slug":"affbcn-2024-convocatoria-abierta-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/affbcn-2024-convocatoria-abierta-2\/","title":{"rendered":"AFFBCN 2026: Open Call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-luv47vgd-0e5cbdec49754305f6c89b54b8dd98a7\">\n.avia-image-container.av-luv47vgd-0e5cbdec49754305f6c89b54b8dd98a7 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-luv47vgd-0e5cbdec49754305f6c89b54b8dd98a7 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-luv47vgd-0e5cbdec49754305f6c89b54b8dd98a7 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-45569 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-45569 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Asian-film-festival-logo-partner-300x182.png\" alt='' title='Asian-film-festival-logo-partner'  height=\"182\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Asian-film-festival-logo-partner-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Asian-film-festival-logo-partner.png 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-luv49gxy-ea2dfcf0c33f7e58b033c3cfd7fc40bb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">AFFBCN 2026<\/span><\/b><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Open Call | <span data-contrast=\"auto\">Send your Movie<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW193847951 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193847951 BCX0\">The festival opens the call for the entries of films that could be part of the program of the Asian Film Festival Barcelona | AFFBCN 202<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193847951 BCX0\">6<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193847951 BCX0\">, which celebrates its thirteenth edition from October <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193847951 BCX0\">2<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193847951 BCX0\">2<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW193847951 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW193847951 BCX0\" data-fontsize=\"14\">nd<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW193847951 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193847951 BCX0\">\u00a0to November\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193847951 BCX0\">1<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW193847951 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW193847951 BCX0\" data-fontsize=\"14\">st<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW193847951 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193847951 BCX0\">, 202<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193847951 BCX0\">6<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW193847951 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">THE FESTIVAL<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Asian Film Festival Barcelona | AFFBCN covers a very wide geographical area, ranging from Iran and Central Asia, a region that includes the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, in addition to Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, also covering Southeast Asia with China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam, and the Asia Pacific with Australia and New Zealand.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">As in previous editions, in the AFFBCN 2026 films from more than twenty countries will be presented, including popular cinematography but also titles from less recognized countries. One of the festival\u2019s goals is to explore <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2018strange\u2019<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2018foreign\u2019<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0cinema, as well as to stimulate interest in discovery. Hence, in some cases, the program\u00a0seeks\u00a0to be inclusive; not with the intention of covering more titles each year, but to show not only recognized authors who already have supporters, but also lesser-known authors. The proposal consists of offering options for exploring local and global narratives and trajectories, with the aim of rescuing cultures that are identity references, whose visibility provides us essential knowledge of\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2018the other\u2019<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2018the stranger\u2019<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u2018foreigner\u2019<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">, in relation to the territory, and to oneself.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The festival arrives this autumn with a program that aims to be as representative as possible of the most recent experimental and independent cinema form the Asian continent, without excluding productions that respond both to the interest of an audience familiar with\u00a0Asian filmmaking and those who wish to begin to know what a not-so-new cinema transmits to us, whose diversity responds preferably to the different narratives that it exhibits. The exoticism that has tended to be attributed to these productions in the West has been replaced by the contribution they have made and continue to make to the cultural construction of an identity that is inseparable from belonging to the territory.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The festival will bring together about a hundred films that will be grouped into the six sections in competition: <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Official<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Section<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Official<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Panorama<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Discoveries<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">NETPAC<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Special <\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Section <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">and <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">New<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Perspectives<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, where the different selected titles will be strategically distributed. The corresponding juries will be formed by directors, film critics and writers\u00a0designated\u00a0for this purpose and who agree to fulfil this role.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-luv4benf-b6a05d08be62d53b3871d8b7ee2864c0\">\n#top .togglecontainer.av-luv4benf-b6a05d08be62d53b3871d8b7ee2864c0 h1.toggler{\nfont-size:21px;\n}\n#top .togglecontainer.av-luv4benf-b6a05d08be62d53b3871d8b7ee2864c0 .toggle_wrap .toggle_content{\nfont-size:14px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='togglecontainer av-luv4benf-b6a05d08be62d53b3871d8b7ee2864c0 av-minimal-toggle  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr  toggle_close_all' >\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-luv4aek7-d0a265b0b2230030e89b7daab6ded681'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><h1 id='toggle-toggle-id-1' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-1' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-1' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Participation Guidelines\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Participation Guidelines\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Participation Guidelines\">Participation Guidelines<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/h1><div id='toggle-id-1' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-1' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Categories:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">FEATURE FILMS and DOCUMENTARIES.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">SHORT FILMS NOT ACCEPTED.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sections in competition:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Official Section, Official Panorama, Discoveries, NETPAC, Special Section and New Perspectives.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Awards:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, in each of the six sections of the festival.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Submission deadline<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Friday,\u00a031<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">st<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0of\u00a0July\u00a02026.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Material delivery:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To the following emails: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"mailto:asianfilmfestivalbarcelona@casaasia.es\">asianfilmfestivalbarcelona@casaasia.es<\/a><\/span><\/strong>; <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"mailto:rescamilla@casaasia.es\">rescamilla@casaasia.es<\/a><\/span><\/strong>; <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">mgras@casaasia.es<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Material:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Digital Screener,<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0via VIMEO or other similar platforms; film\u2019s technical paper, electronic press kit, trailer (if any)\u00a0and a brief biography of the director.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Selection of received titles:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0The festival\u2019s programming committee will announce the selected titles to the respective person in-charge through email.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class='av_toggle_section av-luv4b07x-c3084f50f3afba108c9943b64116d91e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  ><h1 id='toggle-toggle-id-2' data-fake-id='#toggle-id-2' class='toggler  av-title-above '  itemprop=\"headline\"  role='tab' tabindex='0' aria-controls='toggle-id-2' data-slide-speed=\"200\" data-title=\"Conditions\" data-title-open=\"\" data-aria_collapsed=\"Click to expand: Conditions\" data-aria_expanded=\"Click to collapse: Conditions\">Conditions<span class=\"toggle_icon\"><span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/h1><div id='toggle-id-2' aria-labelledby='toggle-toggle-id-2' role='region' class='toggle_wrap  av-title-above'  ><div class='toggle_content invers-color '  itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The festival will only accept films produced between 2024 and 2026. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The geography of the festival extends from Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia to East Asia and the Asia-Pacific region.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All films must include English subtitles for the preselection.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For the translation into Spanish and\/or Catalan and the screening in the cinemas, the preferred formats are SRT or ASS.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0a7\" data-font=\"Wingdings\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The formats for the screening in the festival Will be requested after de\u00a0selection\u00a0is completed. 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