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Festival Trailer Edition 2023

Official Festival Poster Edition 2023

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Winners Edition 2023

BEST SCRIPT FEATURE: THE LAVENDER GIRL (WRI. SOPHIE VON RHEDEN)

BEST ACTRESS FEATURE FILM: CHUTI TIU (FOR “A SUMMER NIGHT”)

BEST ACTOR FEATURE FILM: JOHN VAMVAS (FOR “SCARPEDICEMENTE”)

BEST ACTOR SHORT FILM: GIBU GEORGE (FOR “THE WHEEL”)

BEST ACTRESS SHORT FILM: NATALIE CAMERON WARD (FOR “HOLD ME TIGHT”)

BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE FILM: MIKE ADLER (FOR “PINK PUZZLE”)

BEST DIRECTOR SHORT FILM: WILLIAM GRAVE (FOR “THE LAST JACKOLANTERN”)

BEST SCRIPT SHORT: A WRITER IN THE DARKNESS (WRI. GIUSEPPE DE VUONO)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE FILM: CASTING KILL (DIR. JAMES SMITH)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY SHORT FILM: ROAD BLUE (DIR. ALEXANDRU GEORGE FIT)

BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM: WOMAN IN THE MAZE (DIR. MITESH PATEL)

BEST HORROR SHORT FILM: NOMAN (DIR. MATT ROBB)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM: SIREN LULLABIES (DIR. KRISTINA ATOVSKA)

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM: MINISTRY OF SURF (DIR. COLLINS REAGAN)

BEST FEATURE FILM: GUILLOTINE (DIR. RAY IZAD-MEHR)

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM: MINWOO AND RIE (DIR. JINRUNG CHUN)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO: LUNARCODE, THE LIGHT (DIR. VINCENZO CARUBIA)

BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM: LOVELY RITA (DIR. ELENA MADRID)

BEST SPANISH SHORT FILM: FLORES CIEGAS (DIR. ROSA DELGADO)

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM: I WILL FOREVER LIVE HERE (DIR. CARLOS ROA RODRÍGUEZ)

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM: THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (DIR. DANNY ASHKENASI)

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT FILM: HEDGEHOG (DIR. D. MITRY)

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM: COME FIND ME (DIR. NELA WAGMAN)

BEST LGBTQ SHORT FILM: A CERTAIN NIGHT (DIR. SUMIN KIM)

BEST SCI-FI SHORT FILM: FROM HERE TO THERE (DIR. GEORGE ATKINSON, ALAN CIECHALSKI)

BEST AMERICAN SHORT FILM: REVAMPED (DIR. PATRICK NORRIS)

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM: ROOFTOP (DIR. NEVENA NIKOLOVA, PETAR GERZILOV)

BEST WEB-SERIES: SPY V SPIA (DIR. CRISTO ZAMBONE)

Jury Members Edition 2023

Our Jury are formed by  directors, actors, producers, entertainers, 2D Animators, film buffs and scholarly and industry pioneers who are focused on perceiving and supporting the best in creative, different, and masterfully incredible film for independent crowds all through the globe.

Our Jurors select the winners of the each category.

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SCREENING SCHEDULE

THURSDAY 14 th SEP / JUEVES 14 de Septiembre 2023

Venue / Lugar: C/ de la Diputació, 174, 08011 Barcelona - Spain.

FRIDAY 15 th SEP / VIERNES 15 de Septiembre 2023

Venue / Lugar: Cine Maldà Carrer del Pi, 5 08002 Barcelona - Spain.

 

BLOCK A from 12 pm to 2 pm / BLOQUE A  de 12:00 h a 14:00 h

 

  • IN FRONT OF THE SEA - 14:49 min - Dir. Pol Arbolí - Spanish Short Film

  • MASKS - 11:02 min  - Dir. Toni Lozano - Spanish Short Film

  • ME QUIERE, NO ME QUIERE - 17:00 min - Dir. Alejandro Galdón - Spanish Short Film 

  • LATIR AMARGO - 15:00 min - Dir. Yolanda Belbis - Spanish Short Film

  • CÍRCULOS SOBRE AGUA, BAJO NUBES DE ALGODÓN-24:00 min-Dir. Xiaoxi Xu, Roberto Canuto-Spanish Short Film

  • SOULTRAP - 20:59 min - Dir. Marina Zvidriņa - Spanish Short Film

 

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BLOCK B from 2 pm to 4 pm / BLOQUE B de 14:00 h a 16:00 h

 

  • DARK CHAT - 1:38:00 h - Dir. David González - LGBTQ Feature Film (Out of competition)

  • VALIENTA, MUJER - 13:00 min - Dir. Marc Vilalta - Spanish Short Film

 

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BLOCK C from 4 pm to 6 pm / BLOQUE C de 16:00 h a 18:00 h

 

  • L.O.V.E. ''Like Other Violent Emotions'' - 13:53 min - Dir. Jaume Porcel - Spanish Short Film

  • NACHO - 10:00 min - Dir. Ramón Catà - Spanish Short Film

  • AMINATA - 4:02 min - Dir.  Josep Francesc Valero - Spanish Short Film

  • ASIMÉTRICA - 4:00 min - Dir. Javi Sánchez-Blanco - Spanish Short Film

  • THE DREAM - 1:00min - Dir.  Alisa Selishchava - Spanish Short Film

  • AÚN QUEDA POLVO BAJO EL CONGO - 6:00 min - Dir. R. Ruvens - Spanish Short Film 

  • DESAFÍO - 6:00 min - Dir. Genaro Rivas - Spanish Short Film

  • PASO A PASO - 5:00 min - Dir. Jesús Prieto - Spanish Short Film

  • SAHADUM & ASOCIADOS - 8:00 min - Dir. Manolo Hernández, Vicente García - Spanish Short Film 

  • PARDON ME - 10:00 min - Dir. Oscar Giral - Spanish Short Film

  • THE FORAGE (El Forraje) - 8:31 min - Dir. Alexandre Echeverri, Juan Solera, Felipe Reutter - Spanish Short Film

  • THE HEIST - 9:52 min - Dir. Adam Yadlovskyi - Spanish Short Film

 

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OPEN CEREMONY from 6 pm to 8 pm

CEREMONIA DE APERTURA de 18:00 h a 20:00 h

LOVE & HOPE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - BARCELONA EDITION 2023 

 

 

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BLOCK D from 8:15 pm to 10 pm / BLOQUE D de 20:15 h - 22:00 h

  • LA HUELLA - 30:00 min - Dir. Aljaz Babnik  - Spanish Short Film

  • OFELIA - 7:42min - Dir. Frank Ulven - Spanish Short Film

  • PETITS PROTAGONISTES - 17:00 min - Dir. Eva Solà - Spanish Short Film

 

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SATURDAY 16 th SEP / SÁBADO 16 de Septiembre 2023

Venue / Lugar: Cine Maldà Carrer del Pi, 5 08002 Barcelona - Spain.

 

BLOCK “Mornings/Mañanas”  10:30 am - 12:00h

 

  • FOR TOMORROW - 1:12:00 h. - Dir. An Tran - Feature Film - Canada

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BLOCK A from  12:00 pm to 2 pm / BLOQUE A de 12:00 h a 14:00 h


 

  • SOCIO - 16:00 min - Dir. Hugo Cura - Spanish Short Film

  • EDWARD OSREDKAR'S ENTERTAINER CHAT - 1:00:00 h - Dir. Edward Osredkar - Documentary Feature Film - USA

  • THE BALLAD OF LULU AND DAD - 30:00 min - Dir. Wayne Paul Mattingly - American Short Film - USA

 

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BLOCK B from 2 pm to 4 pm / BLOQUE B de 14:00 h a 16:00 h

  • THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM - A MUSICABRE -  29:44 min - Dir. Danny Ashkenasi - Horror Short Film - USA

  • HOW TO AVOID DEATH FOREVER - 29:56 min - Dir. Ella Muscroft - European Short Film - UK

  • BERNARDA’S REBELLION - 18:00 min - Dir. Jorge Pastor - Spanish Short Film

  • FLORES CIEGAS - 20:00 min - Dir. Rosa  Delgado - Spanish Short Film

 

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BLOCK C from 4 pm to 6 pm / BLOQUE C de 16:00 h a 18:00 h

THE ANTARES PARADOX - 1:36:00 h - Feature Film

  •   THE ANTARES PARADOX - 1:36:00 h - Dir. Luis Tinoco - Feature Film - Spain Fi

 

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BLOCK D from 6 pm to 8 pm / BLOQUE D de 18:00 h a 20:00 h

  • THE SOUND OF VIOLET - 01:47:00 h - Dir. Allen Wolf - Feature Film - USA

 

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BLOCK E from 8 pm to 10 pm / BLOQUE E de 20:00 h a 22:00 h

 

  • MINISTRY OF SURF - 8:24 min - Dir. Keith C Reagan - Documentary Short Film - USA

  • SCARPEDICEMENTE - 1:26:00 h - Dir. John Vamvas, Olga Montes - Feature Film - USA

 

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MONDAY 18 th SEP / LUNES 18 de Septiembre 2023

Venue / Lugar: Cine Maldà Carrer del Pi, 5 08002 Barcelona - Spain.

 

BLOCK “Mornings/Mañanas”  from 10:15 am  to 12 pm / de 10:15 h a 12:00 h

 

  • I Will Forever Live Here - Dir. Carlos Roa Rodriguez -15:54 min  - Colombia

  • YAELÍ - 20:00 min - Saúl de la Rosa - Spanish Short Film

  • SYMPHONIES FROM THE PAST - 5:29 min - Dir. Sara Martin - Spanish Short Film

  • MY LITTLE GIRL - 7:28 min - Dir. Emanuel Loarca - Short Film

 

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BLOCK A from 12 pm to 2 pm / BLOQUE A de 12:00 h a 14:00 h

  • ADDICTION - 34:19 min - Dir. Vinith Bejugam - International Short Film - USA

  • ERIK - 22:54min - Dir. David Kodheli - Sci-fi Short film - Albania

  • SLAM DUNK, SEHAJ - 9:22 min - Dir. Asis Sethi - International Short Film - Canada

  • RE:ACTING - 28:43 min - Dir. Joakim Gustafsson - International Short Film - Sweden

 

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BLOCK B from 2 pm to 4 pm / BLOQUE B de 14:00 h a 16:00 h

 

 

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BLOCK C from 4 pm to 6 pm / BLOQUE C de 16:00 h a 18:00 h

 

  • SIREN LULLABIES - 1:28:24 h - Dir. Kristina Atovska - Documentary Feature Film - Macedonia

  • PUBLIC DISPLAYS OF AFFECTION - 9:49min - Dir. Callum Roome - Documentary Short Film - UK

 

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BLOCK D from 6 pm to 8 pm / BLOQUE D de 18:00 h a 20:00 h

  • BILL LISHMAN - THE MAN WHO FLEW WITH THE BIRDS - 1:38:00 h - Dir.  Peter Shatalow - Documentary Feature Film - Canada

 

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BLOCK E from 8 pm a 10 pm / BLOQUE E de 20:00 h a 22:00 h

 

  • PINK PUZZLE - 1:24:03 h - Dir. Mike Adler - Feature Film - Germany

 

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TUESDAY 19 th SEP / MARTES 19 de Septiembre 2023

Venue / Lugar: Cine Maldà Carrer del Pi, 5 08002 Barcelona - Spain.

 

BLOCK A  12:00 PM - 13:00h

 

  • THE PILLAR OF STRENGTH - 7:31 min - Dir. Aie Ibrahim - Animation Short Film - Malaysia

  • STICKS AND STONES - 3:55min - Dir. Cynthia N White, Alexander S White - Animation Short Film - USA

  • FRONTLINE NURSES: Dispatches from the COVID-19 Pandemic - 5:41 min - Dir. Cynthia N White, Alexander S White - Animation Short Film - USA

  • LOVELY RITA - 4:10 min - Elena Madrid - Animation Short Film - Switzerland

  • EULOGY FOR THE DANDELION - 3:03 min - Dir. Gloria Maria Civantos - Animation Short Film - UK

  • TANGO THROUGH LIFE - 6:35 min - Dir. Zsofia Opra-Szabo - Animation Short Film - Canada

  • DUST DEVIL - 5:07 min - Dir. Maya McAllister Demangeat - Animation Short Film - UK

  • NO INK (The Magic Shoe - Ep4) - 4:13 min - Dir. Florian Guillaume - Animation Short Film - UK

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BLOCK B  13:00h - 15:00h

  • WIDENING RINGS OF BEING - 30:00 min - Dir. Elin Osjord - Music Video - Norway

  • DOLORES A TRIPTYCH - 7:17 - Dir. Gina Ann Margillo - Music Video - USA

  • ALKALOID GIRL - 3:28 min - Dir. Oscar Martin - Music Video - Netherlands

  • BROKEN - 3:45 min - Dir. Olivia N'Ganga, Mikaël Dinic - Music Video - France

  • SWALLOW, DEAR SWALLOW - 9:27 min - Dir. Eva Colmers - Music Video - Canada

  • LUNARCODE: "THE LIGHT" - 3:22 min - Dir. Vincenzo Carubia - Music Video - USA

  • LUNARCODE: PARASITE - 5:00 min - Dir. Vincenzo Carubia, Jessica Gillette - Music Video - USA

  • LUNARCODE: HELL IS JUST A PLACE - 5:00 min - Dir. Vincenzo Carubia, Jessica Gillette - Music Video - USA

  • MOTEL - 4:02 min - Dir. Noelia Fluxá, Julie-Estel Soard - Music Video - Spain

  • CINNA - ODE TO  MYSELF - 5:10 min - Dir. Nicola Dymale - Music Video  - Germany

  • ENTRE DEUX EAUX 4:40 min - Dir. Caroline Ragusa, Sylvain Bes - Musicvideo - France

 

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BLOCK C 15:00h - 17:00H

 

  • A SUMMER NIGHT - 1:07:00 h - Dir. Oscar Torre - Feature Film - USA

  • THEY TOOK EVERYTHING - 5:00 min - Dir. The professor, Kutcha- Experimental Short Film - USA

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BLOCK D 17:00h - 19:00H

  • LOST IMAGES - 35:33 min - Dir. Cesare Bedogne - Experimental Short Film - Italy

  • REVAMPED - 35:18 min - Dir. Patrick Norris - Experimental Short Film - USA

  • WATER NATION - 3:47 min - Dir. Kim Spierenburg - Experimental Short Film - Netherlands

  • PLEASURABLE MOMENTS DURING ORDINARY EXPERIENCES-9:37 min-Dir. Jay Sullivan-Experimental Short Film-USA

  • FREE TIME - 1:45 min - Dir. Jay Sullivan - Experimental Short Film USA

  • TRANSITION TIME - 1:54 min - Dir. Jay Sullivan - Experimental Short Film USA

  • FORMERLY KNOWN AS D - 3:31 min - Dir. Jay Sullivan - Experimental Short Film USA

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BLOCK E   19:00H - 20:00H

  • FILM ROSA - 15:00 min - Dir. Silvia Bertocchi - Experimental Short Film - Italy

  • ROAD BLUE - 14:39 min - Dir.  -Alexandru George Fiț Experimental Short Film - Romania

  • CAPERUCITA AZUL - 10:00 min - Dir. Maite Blasco, Marta Arjona - Spanish Short FilmShort Film

 

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BLOCK F  20:00H - 22:00H

 

  • A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM IN - 1:00:03 h - Dir. Bushra Azzouz - Documentary Feature Film - USA

  • SPY V SPIA - 16:01 min - Dir. Cristo Zambone - Web-series - USA

  • HEDGEHOG - 17:00 min - Dir.  -D. Mitry International Short Film - USA

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WEDNESDAY 20 th SEP / MIÉRCOLES 20 de Septiembre 2023

Venue / Lugar: Cine Maldà Carrer del Pi, 5 08002 Barcelona - Spain.


 

BLOCK A  12:00 PM - 14:00h

 

  • HATE - 8:00 min - Dir.  Emiliano Sisolfi- LGBTQ Short Film - Italy

  • FORTIS FEMINA - 01:24:11 h - Dir. Mitesh Patel - Feature Film - USA

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BLOCK B  14:00h - 16:00h

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  • L´ULTIMO SALUTO - 19:34 min - Dir. Vincenzo Palazzo - LGBTQ Short Film - Italy

  • SYLVIA - 10:35 min - Dir. Sara Newton - LGBTQ Short Film - USA

  • THE CHOICE - 12:22 min - Dir. Alina Nailevna - Drama Short Film - UK

  • CHRISTMAS PRESENT - 10:00 min - Dir. Alessandra Angemi - Drama Short Film - Italy

  • PLAY THE GAME OF THRONES - 5:56 min - Dir. Leigh Roberts - American Short Film - USA

  • THE STRUGGLE - 4:30 min - Dir. Keith Armonaitis - International Short Film - USA

  • LA PIETRA - 16:44 min - Dir. Nikita Hattangady - International Short Film - USA

  • WOOL - 9:02 min - Dir. Dympna Jardine - International Short Film - UK

  • SUGAR PEOPLE - 24:30 min - Dir. Suzana Dinevski - Drama Short Film - Macedonia

 

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BLOCK C 16:00h - 18:00H

  • NO MORE TIME - 8:00 min - Dir. Peter Szabo - International Short Film - Canada

  • INSTANT LOVE - 11:46 min - Dir. Kinga Kornak - International Short Film - Poland

  • LAST CHANCE - 27:32 min - European Short Film

  • EINA - 21:46 min - Dir. Michael Vella, Tommy Vella - European Short Film - Germany

  • HAPPEN TO HAPPEN - 38:59 min - Dir. Julie Joohee Jeon - International Short Film - Korea, Republic of

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BLOCK D   18:00H - 20:00H

  • FROM HERE TO THERE! - 30:00 min - Dir. George Atkinson, Alan Ciechalski - Sci-fi Short Film - UK

  • LA SPOSA NEL VENTO - THE BRIDE - 01:15:00 h - Dir. Giovanni Coda - Documentary Feature Film - Italy

 

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BLOCK E   20:00H - 22:00H

 

  • CASTING KILL - 1:20:00 h - Dir. James Smith - Horror Feature Film - UK

  • VR - 19:19 min - Dir. Arnaldo Mirabal - Sci-fi Short Film - USA

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THURSDAY 21 st SEP / JUEVES 21 de Septiembre 2023

Venue / Lugar: Cine Maldà Carrer del Pi, 5 08002 Barcelona - Spain.

 

BLOCK A  12:00 PM - 14:00h

  • A KILLER SERVICE - 25:08 min - International Short Film

  • HOMECOMING LOVE - 21:40 min - International Short Film

  • THE LAST JACKOLANTERN - 19:32 min - International Short Film

  • LAUREN´S CHOICE - 11:00 min - International Short Film

  • AT LAST... - 13:00 min - International Short Film

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BLOCK B  14:00h - 16:00h

 

  • MINWOO AND RIE - 26:29 min - Dir. Jinrung Chun - International Short Film - Korea, Republic of

  • WE WILL LAUGH AGAIN - 11:11 min - Dir. Jean-Luc Servino - LGBQT Short Film - Italy

  • ROOFTOP - 15:45 min - Dir. Nevena Nikolova, Petar Gerzilov - European Short Film - Bulgaria

  • A CERTAIN NIGHT - 19:00 min - Dir. Sumin Kim - International Short Film  - UK

  • SPOTS - 10:00 min - Dir. Tammy Salzl - International Short Film - Canada

  • UP CLOSE AGAIN - 14:57 min - Dir. Kristjan Knigge - International Short Film - Netherlands

 

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BLOCK C 16:00h - 18:00H

 

  • THE WHEEL - 30:48 min - Dir. Rajith Mohan - International Short Film - Singapore

  • BELOW THE RIVER - 28:43min - Dir. Yinze Li - International Short Film - China

  • HOLD ME TIGHT - 8:00 min - Dir. Lex Melony - International Short Film - UK

  • METAMORPHOSIS - 22:24 min - Dir. Heather Dearman, Renee Leon - Documentary Short Film - UK

 

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BLOCK D   18:00H - 20:00H

 

  • THE LAST DAY - 18:02 min - Dir. Joachim Huveneers - International Short Film - Belgium

  • HOLESTEPPER - 17:26 min - Dir. Sergio Fernández - International Short Film - Peru

  • HATING BECKETT 17:16 min - Dir. Matthew Gossin - International Short Film - USA

  • COME FIND ME - Dir. Nela Wagman - 12:55min - International Short Film - USA

  • JUST A MAN AND A WOMAN - 15:00 min - Dir. Oscar Torre - Drama Short Film - USA Film

 

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BLOCK E   20:00H - 22:00H

 

  • WOMAN IN THE MAZE - 1:41:00 h - Dir. Mitesh Patel - Horror Feature Film - USA

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FRIDAY 22 nd SEP / VIERNES 22 de Septiembre 2023

Venue / Lugar: Sala Aquarella Music Restaurant

Avda. Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 572. Barcelona - Spain.

M A S T E R C L A S S   &   W O R K S H O P S

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CENA DE GALA Y ENTREGA DE PREMIOS a las 19:00 h

GALA DINNER, AWARDS. AT 7:00 PM

LOVE & HOPE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - BARCELONA EDITION 2023 

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Sponsor and Collaborators Edition 2023

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Gallery Festival Edition 2023

Pic: @aliexplo & @unmomentet

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