B-Retina 2023

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Dedicated to promoting B movies in Catalunya, B-Retina champions the work of emerging talent in the industry, which otherwise would never make it to the big screen. The theme for the festival’s eighth edition is “Indians and cowboys” featuring a surreal cocktail of of B-series westerns together with blockbusters from Bollywood and Tollywood such as Indian action thriller Krack by Ram Gopal Varma (2022) and revisionist western action film Kodama Simham (The Majestic Lion) by K. Murali Mohana Rao (1990) where there is no shortage of traditional musical numbers.

This year's special guest is Spanish actor and singer Fernando Esteso (Los bingueros, Yo hice a Roque III), who will receive the Golden Ticket award in recognition of his career. Esteso will host a screening of one of the funniest and most unusual films in Spanish cinema, Al este del oeste (1984), by Mariano Ozores which openly parodies the western genre, with absurd and hilarious musical numbers.

B-series Spanish independent films on the program include the action epic Balas y Katanas (2023), shot by the world martial arts champion Nacho Serapio, Marta Montes' Delirio Profundo (2021), a surreal feature film that won the Audience Award at the latest edition of the CUTRECON International Festival in Madrid and Spanish western Algo más que morir (2014) by Oier Martínez De Santos and José Luis Murga.

National premieres of long-awaited foreign titles include the American horror film Malum by Anthony DiBlasi (USA, 2023) and Enter the Drag Dragon (Canada, 2023) the new film by Lee Demarbre, author of the cult film Jesus Christ Vampire Slayer (2001).

All tickets must be purchased in advance online, with all-day tickets starting at €8 and full-access tickets priced at €36.

For more events check our online events calendar.