The Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival or simply BCN Film Fest is a

film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theater, cinemas or screening venues, usually annually and in a single city or region. Some film festivals show films outdoors or online. Films may be of recent ...

held annually in

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, Catalonia, Spain. It takes place around

April April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Its length is 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the ...

. The first festival edition took off on 21 April 2017 at Barcelona's . The first two editions were directed by . In November 2018, RNE journalist Conxita Casanovas became the festival's artistic director. For the 4th edition in 2020, in the wake of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional April date of the festival was rescheduled to 25 June – 2 July.

Best film award

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