{{Short description|Spanish film festival}} {{Infobox film festival | name = BCN Film Fest | image = | image_size = | caption = | number = | location = Barcelona, Spain | founded = {{Start date and age|2017}} | language = | artistic_director=Conxita Casanovas }} The '''Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival,''' or simply '''BCN Film Fest''', is a film festival held annually in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It usually takes place in April.
The first festival edition took off on 21 April 2017 at Barcelona's {{ill|Cines Verdi|es}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a18709729/erase-una-primavera-en-barcelona-la-primera-jornada-del-bcn-film-fest/|date=21 April 2017|website=Fotogramas|first=Fausto|last=Fernández|title=Érase una primavera en Barcelona: la primera jornada del BCN Film Fest}}</ref> The first two editions were directed by {{ill|José María Aresté|ca|José María Aresté Sancho}}.{{Sfn|Vaccaro|Hernández|Rosich Argelich|Sánchez Barba|2020|p=118}} In November 2018, RNE journalist {{ill|Conxita Casanovas|es}} became the festival's artistic director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20181116/periodista-conxita-casanovas-nueva-directora-7150937|website=El Periódico de Catalunya|date=16 November 2018|title=La periodista Conxita Casanovas, nueva directora artística del BCN Film Fest|publisher=Prensa Ibérica}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/cine/20190110/454064892111/conxita-casanovas-barcelona-potencial-gran-festival-cine-bcn-film-fest.html|website=La Vanguardia|date=10 January 2019|first=Astrid|last=Meseguer|title=Conxita Casanovas: "Barcelona tiene un potencial que merece un gran festival de cine"}}</ref> For the fourth edition in 2020, following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival's traditional April dates were rescheduled to 25 June – 2 July.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=IV Edición del Festival de Cinema Internacional de Barcelona Sant Jordi (BCN Film Fest). 25 de junio a 2 de julio de 2020|first1=Juan|last1=Vaccaro|first2=José Miguel|last2=Hernández|first3=Ricard|last3=Rosich Argelich|first4=Francesc|last4=Sánchez Barba|journal=Filmhistoria Online|pages=119–120|url=https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/filmhistoria/article/view/32074/32181|publisher=Universitat de Barcelona|location=Barcelona|volume=30|issue=1|year=2020|issn=2014-668X}}</ref>
== Winners==
=== Best Film Award === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Edition !! Year !! Film !! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |- | 1st || 2017 || ''From the Land of the Moon'' || <ref>{{cite web |website=El Periódico de Catalunya |publisher=Prensa Ibérica |url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20170428/bcn-film-fest-mejor-pelicula-sueno-gabrielle-palmares-6004993 |title=El BCN Film Fest premia 'El sueño de Gabrielle' |date=28 April 2017}}</ref> |- | 2nd || 2018 || ''Mary Shelley'' || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/3326092/0/mary-shelley-haifaa-al-mansour-gana-bcn-film-fest-anuncia-palmares-completo/ |website=Cinemanía |via=20minutos.es |date=27 April 2018 |title=La 'Mary Shelley' de Haifaa Al-Mansour gana el BCN Film Fest, que anuncia su palmarés completo}}</ref> |- | 3rd || 2019 || ''Soledad'' || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/bcn-film-fest-2019-palmares-y-la-ganadora-es-128089/ |website=Cinemanía |via=20minutos.es |date=1 May 2019 |first=Àlex |last=Montoya |title=[BCN Film Fest 2019] Palmarés: Y la ganadora es...}}</ref> |- | 4th || 2020 || ''Hope Gap'' || <ref>{{cite web |website=Fotogramas |date=2 July 2020 |first=Ricardo |last=Rosado |title=BCN Film Fest 2020: 'Regreso a Hope Gap' y 'Corpus Christi', grandes ganadoras de la cuarta edición |url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a33085084/bcn-film-fest-2020-palmares-regreso-hope-gap-corpus-christi-ganadoras/}}</ref> |- | 5th || 2021 || ''Small Country: An African Childhood'' || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/que-ver-bcn-film-fest-recomendaciones-5237421/ |website=Cinemanía |via=20minutos.es |date=23 April 2021 |first=Àlex |last=Montoya |title='Pequeño país' se impone en el palmarés del 5º BCN Film Fest}}</ref> |- | 6th || 2022 || ''The Conference'' || <ref>{{cite journal |title=VI Edición del Festival Internacional de Cinema de Barcelona (BCN Sant Jordi Film-Fest) |first1=Virginia |last1=Vaccaro |first2=Juan |last2=Vaccaro |first3=Francesc |last3=Sánchez Barba |journal=Filmhistoria Online |volume=32 |issue=1 |url=https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/filmhistoria/article/view/40504/38154 |year=2022 |issn=2014-668X |publisher=Universitat de Barcelona |location=Barcelona}}</ref> |- | 7th || 2023 || ''Rebel'' || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a43740338/palmares-bcn-film-fest-2023-peliculas-ganadoras-rebel/ |date=28 April 2023 |first=Mariona |last=Borrull |title='Rebel', 'La impaciencia del corazón' y 'La uruguaya' copan el palmarés del BCN Film Fest 2023 |website=Fotogramas}}</ref> |- | 8th || 2024 || ''Stormskerry Maja'' || <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a60619379/bcn-film-fest-2024-palmares-peliculas-ganadoras-destino-maya/ |website=Fotogramas |date=26 April 2024 |title=Palmarés del BCN Film Fest 2024: 'El destino de Maya' y 'Alumbramiento' triunfan en una edición pletórica |first=Mariona |last=Borrull}}</ref> |- |9th |2025 |''The Quiet Son'' |<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-03 |title=Palmarés BCN Film Fest 2025: el drama ‘The Quiet Son’, sobre los peligros del auge de la extrema derecha, se alza con el premio a Mejor Película |url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a64660260/bcn-film-fest-2025-palmares-premiados/ |access-date=2025-11-11 |website=Fotogramas |language=es-ES}}</ref> |}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.bcnfilmfest.com/ Official website]
{{authority control}} Category:Film festivals in Catalonia Category:2017 establishments in Catalonia Category:Organised events in Barcelona {{Europe-film-festival-stub}}