The Barcelona International LGBT+ Film Festival, FIRE!!, hits a major milestone in 2025: its 30th edition. For three decades, it has been a vital platform for LGBT+ stories, amplifying voices that challenge norms and celebrate sexual and gender diversity. The festival has been a political statement, an artistic movement, and a safe space for imagining new narratives.
This anniversary is about celebrating the present and shaping the future. The festival’s 2025 image, designed by artist Verónica Carracedo, mixes pop art, cinematic style, and vibrant colors to center pleasure, rebellion, and beauty.
As always, the lineup is a mix of films and events that reflect the diversity of LGBT+ experiences. From intimate dramas to sharp comedies, the selected works explore desire, survival, and the power of living authentically. Here’s a glimpse at what to expect:
Thesis on a Domestication (Javier van de Couter) follows a trans actress (Camila Sosa Villada) navigating love, ambition, and the complexities of a life well-lived.
The Astronaut Lovers (Pablo Berger) is a summer comedy about unexpected attraction between an openly gay man and his supposedly straight childhood friend.
Linda (Mariana Wainstein) turns the classic “maid seduces the family” trope on its head, focusing on female desire rather than sacrifice.
Baby (Marcelo Caetano) is a gritty drama about a young man leaving juvenile detention and finding survival—and connection—on the margins of São Paulo.
These films, though different in tone, all speak to the same truth: queer life is about more than struggle, it’s about love, reinvention, and claiming space.
Beyond screenings, FIRE!! 2025 will host discussions, exhibitions, and concerts, making it a full cultural experience. It’s also a bridge between generations, pairing new filmmakers with veterans to honor the community’s history while pushing forward.
As festival director Antoine Leonetti puts it: “This edition celebrates diversity but also calls for more—more stories, more defiance, more art. Cinema is still a radical act.”
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