Vanguardias Live

12th Edition / 2026
filmadrid

FILMADRID's distinctive section in which the audiovisual medium is united with the live experience. Each year the invited filmmakers create a work that blends their cinematographic interests with the singular nature of a performance. Each Vanguardias Live session is a challenge for the filmmakers, but also for the festival itself, which hosts an event that has taken shape over the months and whose outcome is only known when the day of the live presentation arrives.  

An unrepeatable experience that has a lot of experimentation and in which cinema expands touching other artistic media and other exhibition spaces.

LA NOCHE DEL SOL NEGRO

Martin Pawley
Love, cinema, and innocence. They bump into each other on the street: João is unemployed, and Clara is a film production assistant. They recognize each other from film school.

PUTO CHIHUAHUA

Cecilia Luis

In this piece created specifically for Filmadrid, the young Madrid-based filmmaker Cecilia Luis combines experimental film installation with stand-up comedy…

Vanguardias Live
2026

The sections of FILMADRID 2026

 Explore the diversity and originality of the films in this edition.

with the assistance of:

Europa Creativa media

XII Edición

5 – 14 JUNIO 2026

Viernes 5 de Junio

Sábado 6 de Junio

Domingo 7 de Junio

Miércoles 10 de Junio

Jueves 11 de Junio

Viernes 12 de Junio

Sábado 13 de Junio

Domingo 14 de Junio