71st edition. From 23 to 31 October 2026.
71st edition.
23/31 Oct. 2026
23/31 Oct. 2026
71st edition. From 23 to 31 October 2026.
Spaces of encounter for film creation, learning and collective reflection.
A European network of festivals backed by the Creative Europe MEDIA programme that has been working since 2023 to develop activities for young audiences to turn them into critical spectators and active programmers.
SEMINCI’s joining this network in 2025 consolidates and internationalises its educational programme, positioning the festival as an innovative agent in film education inside and outside the classroom.
The festivals Kino Otok-Isola Cinema IFF (Slovenia), International Documentary FF Beldocs (Serbia), Vilnius Short FF (Lithuania), Piccolo Grande Cinema (Italy) and Cinehill FF (Croatia) are part of this network.
The methodology developed by A Bao A Qu, a cultural association whose work has been recognised with awards such as the 2015 City of Barcelona Award in Visual Arts, the Pepón Coromina Award from the Catalan Film Academy (2021), the Catalan Association of Art Critics (ACCA) Award in Education 2020, and the Grant for EU Media Literacy Programs from the Evens Foundation (2013), among others. This programme, which this year has incorporated sustainability and social awareness as cross-cutting criteria, has revolutionised the way young audiences discover, appreciate and enjoy European cinema.
This effort to develop active young audiences is accompanied by a concern for issues such as sustainability, environmental awareness, equal gender representation, inclusion, diversity, and representation.
This initiative offers a group of young people, aged between 16 and 23, the chance to discover the inner workings of the festival and analyse a selection of films from the festival programme, in order to choose a film which they will present to the audience in the cinema, with the film’s crew in attendance, thereby building a bridge between creators and audience.
The registration deadline is 13 September.
In 2025, the festivals in the Young4Film network joined forces to launch a pioneering initiative: the creation of an international group comprising 12 young film programmers, aged between 18 and 25. This collaboration marks the start of an ambitious project aimed at establishing a film festival organised by and for young audiences.
After months of virtual meetings, the group held its first in-person meeting in Valladolid during the 70th edition of Seminci in 2025. The next meeting took place in Croatia in 2026, a key gathering in which they played an active role in consolidating the project’s expansion.
The purpose of Inside Cinema is to share the dream, the adventure, the quest of creating a film. To get to know the films and how cinema is made. To celebrate the work. To love it.
SEMINCI organises two annual encounter sessions with filmmakers to explore filmmaking through the numerous materials and documents with which a film is imagined, rehearsed, researched, painted, organised and composed: From the first sketches and ideas to the editing, including writing, documentation, locations, visual references, working with the actors, organising the shooting, sound composition…
The documents of the working process of directors from different periods and styles are available for consultation on the online platform Inside Cinema, aimed at those who want to learn more about a film they love, at those who question the processes of filmmaking, and at those who are learning to make films.
