The In-Edit 2026 Festival has announced the program for its 24th edition. Between October 29 and November 8, the Mooby Aribau Cinemas in Barcelona will once again be the meeting point for more than 35,000 spectators, with a program that will feature 70 titles (50 feature films, 6 medium-length films, and 14 short films), of which 64 will be premieres worldwide, European, national, or Catalan.
The festival will feature nearly 170 top-level guests, a varied agenda of concerts and DJ sessions in the same venues, as well as the professional space In-Edit Lab. This year's program will combine the cult of the great myths of music history with new voices, new trends, and local talent.
Rock myths, counterculture, and great tributes
The opening gala on Thursday, October 29, will pay tribute to one of the most interesting figures in rock: Marianne Faithfull. The documentary Broken English, directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, talks about the memory and legacy of the British artist and features the participation of voices such as Tilda Swinton and Nick Cave.
The international section of this 24th edition spans different decades, continents, and attitudes. The public is invited to take a journey through the history of modern music, starting with the last metamorphosis of David Bowie in Bowie: The Final Act or the portrait of Pulp's reunion with their audience in Pulp: What Do You Do For an Encore?, a film that combines their return to the stage with unreleased archive material narrated by Jarvis Cocker himself. This spirit is related to the trajectory of the Californians NOFX in 40 Years of Fuckin’ Up, an unfiltered review of four decades of punk rock.
The festival also focuses on how music is a vehicle for identity, memory, and community. The film The Magic City: Birmingham According to Sun Ra goes back to the artist's youth in Alabama, to show how the context of the civil rights struggle influenced the construction of his musical universe. On the other hand, The Blind Couple From Mali tells us the love story and complicity of the couple Amadou & Mariam, with testimonies from Damon Albarn or Manu Chao; while SURFILMUSIC delves into the most intimate side of Jack Johnson, to show his passion for surfing with his facet as a filmmaker and composer.
There is also space to reclaim critical memory and journalism. This is the case of The Last Critic, a documentary about the figure of the American music critic Robert Christgau, or Muguruza FM 40 Tour, the road movie with which Fermín Muguruza celebrates four decades of career during his great international tour. To this line is added American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez, awarded as Best Documentary at the last edition of Sundance, which tells the life of the Chicano activist and creator of the mythical film La Bamba.
To close the festival on Saturday, November 7, In-Edit pays tribute to the alternative rock of the nineties. The closing documentary, The Best Summer (directed by Tamra Davis), recovers concert footage and unreleased conversations recorded during the joint tour of Australia in 1996. A portrait starring icons such as Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Beck, Pavement, Foo Fighters or the promoters of the riot grrrl movement Bikini Kill.
The golden year of Catalan production and creation
In-Edit 2026 also presents itself as the great showcase of Catalan musical audiovisuals and, this year, will offer twenty proposals of local creation. The lineup will feature a piece by Albert Serra, a filmmaker who presents in Catalonia Seize moments de ma vie, a piece with a hypnotic atmosphere where he films the concert of the German singer and actress Ingrid Caven —Fassbinder's muse and icon of the European avant-garde— accompanied by the arrangements of the Banyoles collective Molforts. Carla Simón will also be present, signing her debut in musical cinema with the short film Flamenco, a proposal of great sensitivity where the camera merges with the corporal poetics of the bailaora and choreographer Rocío Molina.
Beyond the great authors, the festival proposes a journey through the different generations of the country's musical culture. Respect for the great masters is evident in Tempus Fugit, a portrait of the director and violinist Jordi Savall at 84 years old in full creative activity, while historical memory goes back to the roots of Catalan rock with Los Watts: Rock als ossos or to the political force of the Cançó in Els concerts de la Transició, a chronicle of the recitals by Raimon, Lluís Llach and Francesc Pi de la Serra.
The club and mass culture also has its place with Flying Free: History of an Anthem, which analyzes how the phenomenon of the Pont Aeri nightclub turned a machine track into the soundtrack of an entire generation in the late nineties.
The spirit of Barcelona's resistance will also be present at In-Edit, both in the poetics of the group Remei de Ca la Fresca and in the urban rap of Baya Baye or the chronicle of the Raval venue 23 Robadors.
Flamenco and world music at In-Edit 2026
Flamenco has a place of honor in this edition with premieres such as Bajañí, the new musical film by Fernando Trueba about guitarist Niño Josele and his collaborations with Rubén Blades or Caetano Veloso; the recovery of the figure of La Niña de la Puebla in Acuérdate de mí; or Perrate's journey in Rito. In addition, the 30th anniversary of the album and 10th anniversary of the documentary Omega, by Enrique Morente and Lagartija Nick, will be commemorated.
Internationally, the festival focuses on Latin America with works on bachata in the Dominican Republic (Agridulce), the last years of Pablo Milanés or the tribute to the renovator of Uruguayan candombe Rubén Rada. It will dedicate a special day to Nigeria within the framework of Acció>Cinema, recovering classics of 70s Nigerian pop and analyzing the global phenomenon of Afrobeats with Wizkid.
Live music and DJ sets
Every night, the Mooby Aribau Cinemas transform into a stage where the cinematic experience is completed with live music. Before the film begins, renowned DJs such as Sören Manzoni, Eneida Fever! or Kapi-O will be in charge of warming up the atmosphere. After the documentary screening, the story will come to life with brief live performances by the artists themselves who star in the films, such as the flamenco singer Perrate, Remei de Ca la Fresca, the rap of Baya Baye, the blues of Los Sirgadors or the resident musicians 23 Robadors.
The festival will once again present In-Edit Lab, a laboratory of free activities designed to foster training, debate, and alliances in the field of musical audiovisuals. The program is enriched with round tables, practical sessions on the application of artificial intelligence, as well as speed dating meetings between producers and artist representatives. This commitment to innovation is increased this year with the birth of the Apolo Award for Best Music Video, a new section promoted jointly with Sala Apolo that aims to dignify the music video as a format for experimentation for the creation of new visual languages.
From November 7 to 22, a new edition of the In-Edit Festival returns, an essential meeting for those curious about the world of music, audiovisual language, and culture in general.
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