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Barcelona's Independent Film Festival, L'Alternativa, returns for its 33rd edition with another selection of films that challenge the conventional. For more than three decades, the festival has championed independent cinema, giving a platform to filmmakers whose work explores new perspectives, and tackles subjects often overlooked by mainstream cinema.

This year’s programme includes international features, Spanish films and shorts, and retrospectives and special screenings. Highlights include The Loneliest Man in Town, the festival's opening film, Dao by Alain Gomis, Lo demás es ruido by Nicolás Pereda and Benigno by David Baute. There's also a retrospective dedicated to French-Senegalese filmmaker Alice Diop, plus previews of new films by Radu Jude, Isaki Lacuesta and Nikolaus Geyrhalter. 

The film festival also welcomes acclaimed author Arundhati Roy, who will present In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones, as well as talks, workshops, filmmaker encounters and live performances. L'Alternativa Hall also returns with free screenings, concerts and DJ sets.