January 13-15 / 2027
LIVE / MADRID - SPAIN
THE NORTH FILM FESTIVAL – BARCELONA FEB 18-20
Official Screening 2026
Venue: Cinema Maldà, Carrer del Pi, 5 08002 Barcelona, Spain
BADGE PICK UP, TUESDAY – February 17, 2026 / 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
VENUE - Hotel Catalonia Barcelona Plaza
Pl. d'Espanya, 8, Sants-Montjuïc, 08014 Barcelona
For filmmakers already in town, we will host a small, very casual meet-up tomorrow, Tuesday the 17th, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM at: Hotel Catalonia Barcelona Plaza
We’ll be by the bar having a drink (buy your own). Feel free to pass by, collect your badge, and say hello.
DAY 1, WEDNESDAY – February 18, 2026 / VENUE - Cinema Maldà
Block 1
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Follycle – Dir. Deanna Dewey – 12:30 min – Spain
Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmakers (Recorded Session)
Block 2
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Level 9 – Dir. Helen Eller – 6:16 min – Spain
Yes We Sail - Dir. Nicholas Simon Tolladay - 12:30 min - Spain
Force Drift – Dir. Graham H. Green – 01:21:00 – United States
Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmakers (Recorded Session)
Block 3
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
The Silent Treatment – Dir. Steven Lancefield – 9:14 min – United Kingdom
Brebenel - Dir. Alexandru George Fiț - 14:58 min - Romania
Nice to meet you - Dir. Noah Kurdi Kara - 13:00 min - Sweden - Pending DCP
Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmakers (Recorded Session)
EVENT:
February 18, 2026 - 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Happy Hour (drinks on us)
Comediarte Theatre
Carrer d'Ausiàs Marc, 143 – Barcelona
End Day 1
DAY 2, THURSDAY – February 19, 2026 / VENUE - Cinema Maldà
Block 1
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
DO IT - Dir. Alex Bergin - 15:00 min - Ireland
The Dreaming Diary - Vol 2 - Dir. Ulla Fudge - 8:32 min - United Kingdom
Sonnefeld - Dir. Josep Oller Baldrich - 20:00 min - Spain
Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmakers (Recorded Session)
Block 2
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Against the Waning Light - Dir. Paul Loftus Murnaghan - 26:00 min - Ireland
We Never Loved Each Other - Dir. Alexandru George Fiț - 11:52 min - Romania
I Want Her For Myself - Dir. Tim Ross - 1:13:49 min - United States
Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmakers (Recorded Session)
Block 3
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Metanoia - Dir. Maxwell James - 18:00 min - United Kingdom
Like Fire - Dir. Amy Serrano - 2:13 min - United States
A Tantalizing - Dir. Katie Prael - 01:28:46 min - United States
Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmakers (Recorded Session)
EVENT:
February 19 / After Party – February 19 | 9:00 pm – Midnight
BOYS BAR BCN – Carrer de la Diputació, 174
Free glass of cava with festival badge
End Day 2
DAY 3, FRIDAY – February 20, 2026 / VENUE - Cinema Maldà
Block A
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
The Sense - Dir. Tommy Sherif - 6:44 min - The Netherlands
Nothing for Granted - Dir. Chris Brosnahan - 13:29 min - United Kingdom
Wheel Gone Kid Episodes 3, 3.5 and 4 - Dir. Wayne Kelly - 20:34 min - United Kingdom
Marianna – Dir. Luigi Di Domenico – 19:44 min – Italy
Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmakers (Recorded Session)
Block 1
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
SuperSchoolers 2. A healthy mind - Dir. Íñigo Echávarri - 5:12 min - Spain
New Horizons - Dir. Jared Fassbender, Easton Tabin - 20:33 min - United States
Nellie Drené - Nobody Else - Dir. Benjamin Julien - 3:02 min - Sweden
Visit - Dir. Paulina Zając - 16:00 min - Poland
I'm In Love - Dir. Roberta Sparta - 4:00 min - United States
The Colour of Everything - Dir. Bob Jordan - 01:17:10 min - United Kingdom
Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmakers (Recorded Session)
Block 2
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The Presence of Absence - Dir. Jalen Singleton - 13:44 min - United States
Keep Young and Beautiful. - Dir. Neil Marshall - 9:00 min - United Kingdom
DetrÁs De Una Sonrisa - Dir. Anuska Martínez - 16:00 min - Spain
REGRESA - Dir. Irina Velez Crespo, David Gelay, Mostafa Belbacha - 01:25:00 min - Belgium
Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmakers (Recorded Session)
Block 3
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Creeped Out - Dir. Matt Holt - 6:03 min - United Kingdom
LOST PAGES OF WAR - Dir. Maik Giessler - 39:59 min - Germany
Endless Journey - Dir.Tom Bahrani - 01:14:36 min - Canada
Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmakers (Recorded Session)
GALA AWARDS - 9:00 PM
Cinema Maldà (Carrer del Pi, 5, 08002 Barcelona)
EVENT:
TBD
February 20 / After Party – February 20 | 11:00 pm – Midnight
BOYS BAR BCN – Carrer de la Diputació, 174
Free glass of cava with festival badge
End Day 3
February 18 - 20/ 202610:00 am – 1:00 pm – Podcasts with Filmmakers & Interviews
Comediarte Theatre - Carrer d'Ausiàs Marc, 143 – Barcelona
Podcasts & Filmmaker Sessions
Wednesday (February 18) – 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Open Mic Podcast – open to all filmmakers in town (filmmakers only).
Thursday and Friday
Scheduled podcast sessions (already arranged).
PODCASTS + INTERVIEWS
Venue: Comediarte Theatre – Carrer d’Ausiàs Marc, 143 – Barcelona
DAY 1 – Wednesday, February 18
Open Podcasts (Free Slots Available for any filmmaker also pick up badges)
10:00 – 10:30 – Available
10:30 – 11:00 – Available
11:00 – 11:30 – Available
11:30 – 12:00 – Available
12:00 – 12:30 – Available
DAY 2 – Thursday, February 19
Scheduled Interviews
10:30 – 11:00 – I Want Her For Myself – Dir. Tim Ross – United States
11:00 – 11:30 – Metanoia – Dir. Maxwell James – United Kingdom
11:30 – 12:00 – Like Fire – Dir. Amy Serrano – United States
12:00 – 12:30 – Wheel Gone Kid (Episodes 3, 3.5 & 4) – Dir. Wayne Kelly – United Kingdom
12:30 – 13:00 – A Tantalizing – Dir. Katie Prael – United States
DAY 3 – Friday, February 20
Scheduled Interviews
10:30 – 11:00 – The Colour of Everything – Dir. Bob Jordan – United Kingdom
11:00 – 11:30 – The Presence of Absence – Dir. Jalen Singleton – United States
11:30 – 12:00 – Detrás de una Sonrisa – Dir. Anuska Martínez – Spain
12:00 – 12:30 – Endless Journey – Dir. Tom Bahrani – Canada
ONLINE SECTION - FEB 18-20, 2026
IMPORTANT: Any film selected for the online edition that has not delivered the required screening file by the deadline will be removed from the online program.
Only films with confirmed and approved digital delivery will remain in the official online schedule.
Wrong Address – Dir. John Simmons – 10:46 min – United States
Buried Truth – Dir. Luc Deborde – 29:48 min – France / Spain
Sandra & Sancho – Dir. Aliona Garcia & Mar Vicedo Cerdán – 13:42 min – Spain
Bad Apples - Dir. Craig Montalbano, Sean Hall - 17:05 min - United States
Stay - Dir. Kiel Robinson - 5:45 min - United Kingdom
Breathe - Dir. Amia Voluntad - 5:34 min - United States
APNEA - Dir. Fabio Patrassi - 12:00 min - Italy
Popo's Pilgrimage - Dir. Cyrus Hung - 15:45 min - China, Hong Kong, United Kingdom
Fractured Lines - Dir. Marina Zivkovic - 2:59 min - Australia
Video Dreams: A VHS Massacre Story - Dir. Thomas Seymour - 01:22:00 min - United States
Little Pet - Dir. Alex Gruenenfelder - 01:31:30 min - United States
LIFT - Dir. Randy Chans - 01:37:36 min - Indonesia
REVOLVE - Dir. Claire Marshall - 11:59 min - Australia
"Joe Franklin - Our Hour With Him" - Dir. Fran Sisco - 01:11:27 min - United States
Happy Trans Girl Like Me - Dir. Fran Sisco - 18:46 min - United States
"Being a Trans Girl" - Dir. Fran Sisco - 4:32 min - United States
Meet Me - Dir. Jay Najeeah - 11:16 min - Unites States
Frames (Official Music Video) - Dir. Victor Hugo Montero - 5:17 min - Argentina
THE TIME WE KEEP - Dir. Jim Muñoz - 13:40 min - Colombia
V's Secret - Dir. Bassma Farah Nancy - 12:50 min - Egypt
BURIED TRUTH - Dir. Luc Deborde - 29:48 min - France, Spain
Frayed - Dir. Ben Silver, Nadine Iskandar - 19:43 min - United Kingdom
Broken - Dir. Angel Donzella - 19:44 min - Italy
Mint in Box - Dir. Mike Logan - 9:30 min - Canada
Intrusive Thoughts - Dir. Blaine Marcano - 9:00 min - United Kingdom
Bendito Pezon - Dir. Paloma Mozo - 3:00 min - Spain
Wrong Address - Dir. John Simmons - 10:46 min - United States
Your Last Best: A Memphid Rox Story - Dir. Glen Janssens - 17:28 min - United States
Barbrix! or How to Maybe Capture a Psychic Hominid - Dir. Dylan Dugas - 12:05 min - United States
I Can Smell A Rat - Dir. Antonius George Bassily - 16:54 min - Egypt
Worth Dying For - Dir. Cameron Morin - 6:28 min - Canada
IMPORTANT: Any film selected for the online edition that has not delivered the required screening file by the deadline will be removed from the online program.
Only films with confirmed and approved digital delivery will remain in the official online schedule.