Xcèntric 2022
Philippe Garrel. «Le Révélateur» by Philipp Engel
December 2022
In the twentieth and last issue of Xcèntric Focus, film critic Philipp Engel presents Le Révélateur, one of the first films by renowned French filmmaker Philippe Garrel.
Gunvor Nelson. «Take Off» by Anna Solà
November 2022
The co-founder of the Barcelona International Women's Film Festival, Anna Solà, presents Take Off by Gunvor Nelson.
Abigail Child. «Mutiny» by Marta Selva
October 2022
The co-founder of the Barcelona International Women's Film Festival, Marta Selva, presents Mutiny by Abigail Child.
Adam Cohen. «Fire of time» by Adrián Sánchez
September 2022
A lecturer and PhD student in Communication, Adrián Sánchez presents Fire of Time by Adam Cohen.
Marcel Hanoun. «L’Été» by Aaron Cabañas
July-August 2022
The film critic, Aaron Cabañas, presents L’Été, the first film from Marcel Hanoun's quadriptych, Les Saisons, set in France in May 1968.
Gloria Vilches. An introduction to experimental cinema
Xcèntric
Gloria Vilches, coordinator of Xcèntric Cinema, presents experimental cinema and the keys to understand the value of a personal, vanguard and artistic cinema. Created in 2001, Xcèntric is the CCCB’s regular film programme, with regular screenings throughout the winter and ...
The Wagner Brothers. «Foi pena Q...» and «Pudim de morango» by Albert Elduque
June 2022
Professor Albert Elduque presents two animated films by the Wagner Brothers (Ingrid, Elizabeth, Rosane i Helmuth Wagner Jr.
Naomi Uman. «Unnamed Film» and «Kalendar» per Marga Almirall
May 2022
The filmmaker Marga Almirall presents Unnamed Film and Kalendar, two films made by the US artist, Naomi Uman, on her arrival in Ukraine, where she lived for ten years.
Maria Lassnig. «Kantate» by Marla Jacarilla
April 2022
The visual artist and film critic, Marla Jacarilla, presents Kantate, a film made by the Austrian painter, Maria Lassnig, when she was over seventy and in which she goes back over her life.
Narcisa Hirsch. «El mito de Narciso» by Mercè Coll
March 2022
Philosophy professor Mercè Coll presents Narcisa Hirsch's El mito de Narciso (The Myth of Narcissus).
Boris Lehman: “For me, life and film are indivisible”
Despite a prolific career and a strong presence in arthouse cinemas and festivals, Boris Lehman is unknown to the general public. His experimental films are made at an unhurried pace, working with few resources and non-professionals. Films full of simplicity and everydayness, where the work ...
Boris Lehman: “For me, life and film are indivisible”
Celeste Araújo
We talk to the filmmaker about his particular understanding of film, inextricably entwined with his life.
Yvonne Rainer. «Privilege» by Eulàlia Iglesias
February 2022
Journalist and critic Eulàlia Iglesias presents Privilege by Yvonne Rainer.
Xcèntric. Programme January - February 2022
Xcèntric, the cinema of the CCCB, starts this season with a cycle dedicated to Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler, followed by a programme of screenings dedicated to visual anthropology and ethnographic film, with films by António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro, Djouhra Abouda and Alain Bonnamy, Trinh T. Minh-ha, Jean Rouch, Chick Strand, Ben Russell, Glauber Rocha, Ana Vaz, Maddi Barber, Catarina Alves Costa or António Campos.