Dear friends of SUNCINE,
It is a pleasure to welcome you to this 31st edition of the SUNCINE International Environmental Film Festival, which will take place from November 1 to 8 in the cities of Calafell, Barcelona, and Viladecans, as well as through our digital platforms: APP SUNCINE, CaixaForum+, 3Cat, Play RENFE, and Xarxa+. This year, thanks to our multi-screen festival model, we will extend the opportunity to enjoy environmental films until November 23, reaching a wider and more diverse audience than ever before. This festival format reflects our continuous effort to adapt to new times, technologies, and audiovisual consumption habits, keeping us at the forefront of film exhibition.
For the second consecutive year, we are proud to say that we are the first film festival in the world to be hosted across the entire national railway network, thanks to the screening of our content on high-speed and long-distance trains. Innovation and creativity are a constant challenge in building SUNCINE.
Throughout these three decades, we have witnessed how environmental cinema has evolved, both in its content and in its reach, and SUNCINE has played a key role in its promotion. Our commitment to fostering various environmental filmographies through local, regional, and national screening circuits and platforms remains strong. This year, we are especially proud to include productions made in Spain in the Official Section, a fundamental step in showcasing the richness and diversity of environmental cinema created in our own country.
One of the highlights of SUNCINE is our ability to create spaces for debate on major current environmental issues. Cinema, as an audiovisual tool, has the unique power to educate and raise awareness through entertainment, and in this edition, we want to put a special focus on water and drought, a topic that deeply affects us, not only in Catalonia and Spain, but globally. The Panorama Section will be the space where these global concerns are explored and discussed, inviting reflection and action.
Additionally, at SUNCINE we believe in the transformative power of younger generations and the need to create platforms that allow them to raise their voices. Therefore, we continue to support new talents in environmental cinema, providing them with a platform to showcase their productions and bring their fresh and necessary perspectives to a world facing unprecedented environmental challenges.
Every year, we are deeply grateful for the trust that thousands of filmmakers from around the world place in SUNCINE. They believe in our mission and choose us as a pioneering and leading festival in global environmental cinema. This overwhelming response reinforces our conviction that cinema is one of the best tools to educate and raise awareness in society about the urgent need for change in the face of the global environmental crisis. The deterioration of our natural resources and the Planet is advancing at an alarming rate, and it is vital that we commit to immediate action, with younger generations as the driving force behind this change. We must think not only of the future but of the present, and act accordingly.
This festival would not be possible without the tenacious effort of our dedicated team, passionate individuals who, year after year, ensure that SUNCINE remains a reality. It is thanks to their dedication and love for cinema and the environment that, after more than thirty years, we remain firm in our mission. Since the beginning of SUNCINE, we have stayed true to our editorial line of entertaining while educating, and raising awareness through empathy, with the clear objective of valuing life in all its forms and defending the fundamental rights of all living beings that inhabit our Planet, our shared home.
I do not want to conclude this presentation without expressing our deepest gratitude to the public and private institutions that have supported this edition. Their collaboration is vital to the success of the festival and to continuing to work together in defense of our environment.
We invite you to enjoy this new edition of SUNCINE, to be part of this great space for dialogue and reflection, and, above all, to be inspired by the stories that will be told here. Every film, every image, is a call to action, to hope, and to commitment for a better world.
Thank you for joining us once again on this journey!
