Fernando Valencia, a dubbing actor from Cusco (Peru), undertakes an audacious mission: to convince Disney to adapt The Lion King to Quechua in order to preserve his language. Along the way, together with his eight-year-old son, his struggle becomes an intimate journey of paternity, identity and cultural activism, as he faces obstacles, rejections and doubts.
Runa Simi returns to DocsBarcelona after taking part in DocsBarcelona Pro in 2020 and 2023, now ready to be released after his impressive run at international festivals such as Tribeca, Sheffield and Guadalajara. A history of persistence and defence of Quechua culture and language, essential in an increasingly globalized world, which claims the right to enjoy stories in the mother tongue, even when they challenge the established system.
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Tribeca Film Festival 2025
Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (FICG) 2025
Sheffield DocFest 2025
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights Geneva (FIFDH) 2026
After years of silence about the abortion she experienced as a teenager, Marta receives a hundred anonymous testimonies from women who have gone through the same experience. Bringing these stories to the screen, along with six girls who give a voice and a face to these silenced accounts, she creates a shared space where what was once silenced becomes collective.
After its premiere at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, we are honoured to present Marta Duran Lozano’s debut feature, a work that acts as a catharsis—for the protagonists, the testimonies, and the director. A film which is courageous and generous with its audience and that opens the doors to a taboo subject: adolescent abortion.
The screening on Friday the 8th will include a complimentary beer after the session, courtesy of Moritz.
The Wednesday 13 session will include subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing people in Catalan (SDH).
Soraya, a sixteen-year-old Afghan artist, documents using only her mobile phone, her attempts to escape from Iran over a five-year period in the hope of joining her mother in Austria. Blending personal footage, animation and sculpture, the film lays bare Soraya’s determination to carve out her own path.
Winner of the Best Film Award in the International Competition at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2025, A Fox Under a Pink Moon presents, in the first person, the difficult journey to reach Europe from Iran. Through a unique collaboration between the director, working remotely, and the protagonist and co-director Soraya, the film builds an intimate narrative in which art becomes a central element of the journey.
