Punto de Vista will be held from 20 to 25 April

Monday, 22 September 2025 

The 20th edition of Punto de Vista, Navarra International Documentary Film Festival, will take place from 20 to 25 April 2026. The event is changing its usual date in March to ensure its successful completion, as the deadlines for confirming the new artistic direction have been extended.

The Punto de Vista festival, promoted by the Government of Navarra and organised by NICDO since 2018, has maintained a dual management structure since its inception, with an executive director belonging to the public company who remains in place over time, and an artistic director who is renewed every four years.
In 2025, Manuel Asín's term as artistic director came to an end and the call for applications was opened before the summer, procedure that has been the subject of a complaint, which has been partially upheld by the competent court, leading to the publication of a new licitation process.

Thus, a new open process will begin on Monday 22nd for the call for bids, which will have 15 days to submit their proposals.

The call specifications for the new artistic director, with an annual contract extendable to a maximum of four years, specify the established price, which is not subject to scoring, and the requirements for submitting applications, including proof of solvency, as well as the scoring criteria for the proposal: qualitative (artistic direction project, which includes the assessment of social criteria and links with the region, and professional experience); and quantifiable through formulas, which refer to the language qualifications held by the candidates.

The five artistic directors that Punto de Vista has had in its 19 editions to date have been, in chronological order: Carlos Muguiro, current director of the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola; Josetxo Cerdán, former director of the Spanish Film Library, professor of Audiovisual Communication and member of the University Institute of Spanish Cinema at UC3M; Oskar Alegria, a filmmaker from Navarre whose most recent film, “Zinzindurrunkarratz”, has had a significant international run at festivals; Garbiñe Ortega, film curator, editor, professor at Elias Querejeta Zine Eskola and artistic director of the Dirdira project; and Manuel Asín, programmer at the Círculo de Bellas Artes. Each artistic director has left their mark on the personality of Punto de Vista, contributing to the joint project and turning it into a benchmark for quality and one of the essential annual events on the international calendar.

The festival will be held from 20 to 25 April 2026 and will commemorate its twentieth anniversary.