Barcelona Burning (2020)
- Original title
- Barcelona De Foc
- Directed by
- Theodore Ushev
- Genre
- animation
- Country
- Canada, Spain
- Runtime
- 5 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This short animated film reflects on the 2019 Catalan protests using a technique of hot wax painting. It was commissioned after the riots broke out just before a talk the director had planned at a cultural center in Barcelona.
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What happens
Barcelona Burning (Catalan: Barcelona de Foc) is a 2020 animated short film, directed by Theodore Ushev and released in 2020. A reflection on the 2019 Catalan protests, the film consists of hot wax painting superimposed on the Barcelona telephone directory. The film was commissioned by the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona after the riots broke out just a few days before Ushev's scheduled talk at the centre about his creative process. The film premiered in February 2020 at the Animac festival in Lleida, Spain. It was later screened in the New Alchemists program at the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma, where it was the winner of the National Dada Prize. It was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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