Punto de Vista offers five transversal itineraries, composed of pieces from different sections of the festival.
Ten full-length films and seven short films that will be in the running for the awards at the festival: the Punto de Vista Grand Prize for Best Film, the Jean Vigo Award for Best Director, the Award for Best Short Film, the Special Audience Award and the Youth Award. Four world premieres, four international premieres, one European premiere, seven Spanish premieres and a premiere in Navarre.
Three retrospective cycles: two single-artist pieces —Frans van de Staak. The World as Archipelago and Anne-marie Faux. The River Under the Tongue—, the first to be dedicated to their artists internationally and nationally, respectively, and Adiós a los animales, part four of the natural histories of documentary cinema curated and presented by Miriam Martín.
Screenings and talks on the production and creation processes in documentary filmmaking. Besides Termitas, which gives a voice to the most restless film-makers in our most immediate context, two events on dissident practices in the field of generative artificial intelligence and an Inaugural Programme dedicated to the documentary work of a pioneering film-maker from Cuban exile: Miñuca Villaverde.
The documentary film beyond the boundaries of its discipline. In partnership with the Pamplona City Council and the Oteiza Museum, we present a video installation by Iñaki Garmendia in Ciudadela, as well as a dialogue with the artist as part of the exhibition dedicated to him by the Museum.
The film-maker invited to produce a new film for the festival, Pablo Casanueva (Ribeseya, 1995), presents the results from the residency he attended at the Huarte Centre to prepare the film that will premiere at Punto de Vista in 2026, as well as to show us a selection of his previous works. Including the premiere of the project developed in 2024: Volver a casa tan tarde, by Celia Viada Caso.
The younger generations take up the mantle. A workshop, a programme for families, the continuation of the Young Programmers programmes and a screening for secondary school children in Navarre.
The festival is to become a family-friendly event by setting up for several days a space for children between six months and twelve years old, available to both accredited people and the general public.
As it does every year, Punto de Vista is giving a prominent place to music, and in its nineteenth edition this will be expanding. The festival programme includes a series of concerts, DJ sessions and radio programmes with live music.