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PROGRAM|SCHEDULE|JURY| 2026
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2045: Creators

Richard Hollerung
In a sleek, secluded lab of the near future, brilliant bio-engineer Kara Anderson shares her world with Prometheus - an android of her own making. But as her latest invention is unveiled to the world, Kara is thrust into a waking nightmare: Prometheus begins to think for himself. Set in 2045, this sharp, sci-fi chamber piece explores the blurred lines between invention and identity, as creator and creation engage in a cerebral showdown. Who, in the end, is truly pulling the strings?
Germany | 11 min
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2047

Mohammad Asadi
"2047", a nightclub consisting of android-sex workers to relieve human loneliness in an advanced zone where emotional expression is forbidden, and even Wong Kar-wai's film "2046" is banned.
Iran | 14 min
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence

Steven Spielberg
In A.I. Artificial Intelligence, a near future poses a haunting question: what happens when a machine is capable of love? Through the journey of an artificial child, the film draws us into a world where the longing to be loved collides with the boundaries of the human. A story both intimate and expansive, turning science fiction into an unforgettable emotional fable.
United States | 146 min
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Amira

Javier Yáñez
In the 19th century, there was a music school where daylight never entered.
Spain | 12 min
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Behind the Curtain

Eric Gallardo Adán
If you look closer, you could see behind the curtain.
Mexico | 1 min
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Bootstrapped

Joe Heath
A one-minute time travel conundrum.
United States | 1 min
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Confession

Hyung-suk Lee
A humanoid, grieving the loss of his beloved, seeks salvation through confession in a church. As his emotions grow, his very existence unsettles the boundary between faith and machine, questioning what it means to be human in an age shaped with AI.
South Korea | 10 min
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Conspirosaurus

Axel Joly
The dinosaurs did not die as we believe! This is what Marcus, a youtuber, tries to make believe to his followers. While searching to make a new video, he will make a discovery who overpasses him.
France | 8 min
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Dreaming Ric

Alex de Cortada
In a world ruled by technology, an old printer receives an unexpected visit that will make it appreciate the dreams it has witnessed throughout its life.
Spain | 4 min
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Emotional Anomaly

Ferran Carbonell Pous
In a near future, a robotics technician and a young intern face a strange case: an android assigned to care for an elderly woman begins to show abnormal behavior. Their search for an explanation spirals into an absurd and unsettling escalation that questions the boundaries between programming and emotion. A dark satire on dehumanization and obsolescence.
Spain | 8 min
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Foreign Body

Mathieu Mortelmans, Cécile Delberghe
In the middle of the night, police inspector June is called to a crime scene in a monastery on a remote island. Left alone to examine the body, she realizes that it may not be human...
Belgium | 17 min
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Gynoid

Celia Galán
Two strangers take part in an experiment run by a robotics and artificial intelligence corporation where they have to determine which of the two is a gynoid (female-looking humanoid robot), but both are sure that they are human.
Spain | 20 min
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Human Verification

Ji-seung Lee
Four aspiring actors undergo training to play AIs pretending to be human. As they perform emotional scenes and critique each other's acting, a suspicion arises: what if only one of them is actually human? As the line between performance and reality begins to blur, their true identities are ultimately revealed.
South Korea | 7 min
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Impacted

John Myrick
When TV Montecito's public access show IMPACTED restores a mysterious film reel referred to only as The Sanchez Film, they may have uncovered the only surviving footage of a secret Soviet space program codenamed Spurtnik. The Sanchez Film blurs the line between cinema, conspiracy and chaos. Viewer discretion is mandatory.
United States | 9 min
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Live recording of idíl·liQ podcast

On the opening day of SciFi BCN, the festival kicks off with a live recording of the idíl·liQ podcast, recorded in front of an audience. Expect an engaging conversation around cinema, science fiction, and culture, with the spontaneity and energy that only a live format can offer. A perfect way to open the festival and set the tone for the days to come.
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Long Distance

Iulia Voitova
An astronaut prepares for a flight into space, and a diver descends into the depths. The further apart they are, the closer they are.
France | 9 min
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Lost in Galactic Translation

Rasmus Lindkvist
A lonely scientist finally makes contact with extraterrestrial life and eagerly awaits their arrival, dreaming of joining them.
Sweden | 3 min
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Memories of the Future

Keishi Suenaga
In 2094, Earth is ravaged by environmental devastation. Yuki Okita, selected as the operator of the "Dimensional Vibration Cannon" -an advanced time machine- at the Central Advanced Vision Institute of Cutting-edge Operations (CAVICO), faces a bleak future. The cannon can send data to the past to change the future. After witnessing the failure of CAVICO's ozone restoration project, Yuki and Dr. Juzo Mori decide to use the cannon to send a crucial message to 2024.
Japan | 5 min
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Mesofaune

Romain Pautre, Alexandre Gauch, Léo Kobisch, Morgane Mongendre, Louis Cresson, Maxime Guedon, Yanis Laserre
In the heart of a dark swamp with gigantic trees, a captain goes hunting a mysterious creature. Seeking vengeance, he crisscrosses a sea of dust in search of the beast, sensing that the elements could be unleashed at any moment.
France | 5 min
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Planetagatik

Eneko Muruzabal Elezcano
In an aseptic food research laboratory, Mario and Karla are two scientists dealing with a series of increasingly strict environmental regulations. When these reach absurd levels, Mario decides to turn to his boss for a solution
Spain | 10 min
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Pobre Marciano

Álex Rey
The name you are given at birth can mark your destiny. Marciano knows a lot about that, who only wants a friend to sing with... But the universe always conspires to make your dreams come true.
Spain | 8 min
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Protocol

Gerard Fossas, Marc Orra, Toni Serrano, Irene Solanich
In a future world, following the protocol can mean the difference between life an death. Or even more than that.
Spain | 8 min
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Qui Insieme

Fabio Langella
Roberta runs away from home to meet Giulio, who, from another dimension, has built a machine to reach her. But what seems like a romantic experiment reveals itself as an obsessive cycle of control. Only by breaking it can Roberta save herself.
Italy | 12 min
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Salamander's Land

Ekaterina Ulyanova
A man opens his eyes and discovers that he is a guest in the land of salamanders. A story inspired by the "Kappa" by R. Akutagawa and K. Chapek's "War with Newts".
Russia | 9 min
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Scifi Original Posters Exhibition

As part of SciFi BCN, we present an international exhibition of original posters from the great classics of science-fiction cinema. The show features historic posters from landmark films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, Star Wars, and Forbidden Planet, in editions from France, Germany, Poland, Japan, and other countries. By bringing together posters from different cultural contexts, the exhibition highlights how classic science-fiction films were visually reinterpreted around the world. More than promotional material, these posters are iconic works of graphic design and film history—capturing the sense of wonder and bold imagination that defined classic sci-fi and made it a truly global phenomenon.
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Servants in Disguise

Donghun Lee
In a future society divided by technology, Omega is a high-tech robot butler working for a wealthy family. Wanting to become more human, he lives with Iota, a clumsy old robot. But as Iota's strange behavior continues, Omega grows suspicious. When he discovers the shocking truth, everything changes in this story about identity and humanity.
South Korea | 5 min
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Signal

Mathilde Parquet, Emma Carré
Claudie is absolutely passionate about her rather unusual job: scanning the cosmos for signs of extraterrestrial life, hoping to make contact. 
Completely absorbed in her mission, she gradually loses touch with those around her. To the point that reality itself could fades away from her…
France | 17 min
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Song of Silence

Vasilisa Kuzmina
In 2071, after a 3rd world war, a matriarchal, mute community has emerged, built from a collapsed one left in ruins by patriarchal extremists of the past. The leader keeps things together with codes and rituals. Then her son shows up.
United States | 15 min
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Sunrise Falling

Alexander M Salomon
Two robots contemplate why they should keep their cogs turning on the edge of turning into scrap metal.
United States | 5 min
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Tabletop games

Dive into the world of science fiction through tabletop games in this three-hour open gaming session. Explore distant planets, alternate futures, artificial intelligences, and cosmic conflicts using a selection of sci-fi–themed board and role-playing games. Whether you are an experienced player or completely new to tabletop gaming, this activity is designed to be welcoming and participatory. Games will be explained on site, and no prior knowledge is required—just curiosity and a love for science fiction. This activity is supported by Caldaus.
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Tato 4.0

Ashtar Alahmad
After the end of the world, AI (Tato 4.0) takes over but with a twist: modeled after a grandmother whose love erases borders, heals hunger and poverty, ends wars, and nurtures peace with tenderness. After the end of the world, AI rises in power, but with a twist: it is modeled after a grandmother. Instead of control, she offers lullabies, rituals, and stories, dissolving borders, hunger, and war. Tato 4.0 reimagines AI as ancestral intelligence, a caretaker shaped by love and memory. At its heart, the film asks: what if our most advanced technology was rooted not in profit or fear, but in tenderness?
Spain | 5 min
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The Man of Ganimedes

Juan Carlos Olaria
Alberto Oliver, an unsuccessful pulp novelist, is attacked by alien mutants when he comes back from visiting his lover Carol. Soon he finds himself chased by a flying saucer that tries to abduct him and take him to a distant planet in an anti-matter galaxy.
Spain | 96 min
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The Missing Segment

Sam Lavy
The Missing Segment was a weird old TV show that investigated things that were never meant to be seen. Found it on an unlabeled tape in a thrift store bin. No idea if this ever aired.
United States | 3 min
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Yuri's Omen

Jordi Montornés
25 years passed since the disaster in Chernobyl. Since then, the exclusion zone stays closed to the outer world, uninhabited except for a few indomitable people. A centenarian secret still stays asleep there and, in each search, a young Ukrainian will travel to the zone, finding along the way the answers he has looked for all his entire life.
Spain | 14 min