Filmets, Badalona Short Film Festival 2025

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FILMETS was born in 2001 at the 27th edition of the Badalona International Short Film and Video Festival—which began way back in 1969 under the name Badalona Amateur Film World Event.

Since then it has become an important event and today is one of the short film festivals with the greatest presence at an international level, a meeting point between filmmakers and a loyal audience.

This year's program has yet to be released, but you can take a look at what was showing last year for an idea of what you can expect in the edition to come.

Last Year's Program

A total of 255 short films were screened at all FILMETS headquarters, of which 212 were eligible for the competition and are in the Official Section competing for the festival's award, the Venus de Badalona.

The Official Competitive Session of the 50th edition of FILMETS opened with five curated short films attended by representatives of the respected films: Duck directed by Rachel Maclean, Bayoneted directed by Thomas Dahirel, Welcome Tahiya directed by Marta Bayarri, Eastern by the ESMA school and The One Note Man, an Oscar selected short directed by Giorgos Siougas.

Apart from the Official Section, the festival also included a variety of activities outside of the festival’s competition. Among them a highlight was FILMETS Pro, 5 activities aiming to promote the cinematographic and audiovisual industry to professionals.

October Film Festivals in and around Barcelona

October’s calendar is packed with an impressive list of film festivals in and around the city. Check out our article October Film Festivals in and around Barcelona where you'll find gritty investigative documentaries, hair-raising fantasy and horror flicks and everything in between!

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