With more than 30,000 spectators in 2026, the D’A is Barcelona’s leading festival for independent and auteur cinema, bringing together an enthusiastic and diverse audience with some of the most exciting new voices and established filmmakers in contemporary cinema.

D’A highlights creativity, distinctiveness, and artistic freedom through works that take risks in their approach and help enrich the current cinematic landscape—including from an industry perspective.

Thanks to its laboratory, the festival has also become an essential meeting point for the audiovisual industry.

The 17th D'A will take place from April 1–11, 2027 in the city of Barcelona, The screenings will take place at the CCCB, Mooby Cinemes, Filmoteca de Catalunya, Zumzeig and Casa Montjuïc. The industry activities will take place at Fundació SGAE and DAMA.

For 2027, we expect to present around 60 feature films and 40 shorts across our programme.