The Backpackers Hostel Blog

Fri 25 Apr – Sun 4 May

At Cines Aribau, Cine Maldà, CCCB, Espacio Movistar, Sala Apolo, Casa Asia. Go to program Single ticket: 6€; 5-Movie Pass: 25€ (Free entrance in some places)

The Barcelona Asian Film Festival (BAFF) is the only festival of its kind anywhere in Spain and is one of the most respected and admired Asian film festivals in Europe. Since its creation in 1999, BAFF has offered the best in Asian independent cinema and boasts one of the city’s most enthusiastic and diverse audiences. Now in its 10th season, the BAFF is also the Barcelona’s fastest-growing film festival: in the course of the nine editions held so far, the number of sections and films screened have both increased, while audience figures have gone up from 2,000 to 22,000.

BAFF 2008 extends the venues of exhibition adding the cinema Maldà and Espacio Movistar, and launches a special section, BAFF 10, with a selection of ten fundamental movies that have been screened at the festival from its first edition in 1999. BAFF keeps the traditiciona sections: Oficial Section, AS (Asian Selection), D-cinema and Espai Anime. The guest cinematography invited in the BAFF 2008 will be Hong Kong. (Taken from http://www.baff-bcn.org).