Identity will be one of the central themes of this year’s edition, weaving through nearly the entire program. Highlights include films such as Teenage by Matt Wolf—based on Jon Savage’s iconic and foundational book—which views adolescence as a social and commercial construct rather than a natural biological stage: the “teenager” was created by a society that needed to label this group in order to control and categorize it. This film is presented in collaboration with In-Edit, Barcelona’s International Musical Documentary Film Festival.
African Styles (2023), by Rolf Lambert, Emmanuelle Wagner, and Rabi Yansané, is a film that denounces the false notion of a single “African style.” It claims the same plurality recognized in Europe, showcasing African design as an intellectual and luxury industry with the prestige of Paris or Milan.
David Delfín. Muestra tu herida, by César Vallejo, Ángela Gallardo, and Rafael Muñoz, provides a sensitive portrait of one of the most relevant figures in contemporary Spanish fashion. It goes beyond his role as a designer to show him as a multidisciplinary artist who left a lasting legacy and became an icon, featuring testimonies from his inner circle, such as the Postigo brothers, Alaska, and the family of Bimba Bosé.
Adrianne & the Castle (2024), by Shannon Walsh, is a film—or rather, a contemporary fairy tale—that explores love, grief, and the construction of a shared identity. It is a story featuring a castle, an eclectic and dreamlike aesthetic, and the concept of soulmates. This film is presented in collaboration with DART, Barcelona’s International Art and Design Film Festival.
The program also includes the short film Bosque mágico WMG (2025), the debut work of Juan Carlos Malavé (European premiere), and the commercial audiovisual piece A Tabi Film (2025) by Yuri Ancarani, both of which complete this exploration of identity through contemporary creation. Bosque mágico WMG delves into the universe of young Puerto Rican designer William Murphy Guitard, with an aesthetic clearly influenced by both the Roaring Twenties and the 1980s, where he reclaims his roots. A Tabi Film explores the artisanal manufacturing process of Margiela’s iconic Tabi shoe—a film that can be read as a metaphor for a fragmented, non-normative, and collective identity that manifests more in the process than in the final result.
