Loop Barcelona, the annual gathering dedicated to artists’ cinema, happens again this November with a non-traditional Art Fair (November 18–20), a Symposium (November 19–20), a Commoning Network (November 20), a new format of expert’s meetings, and a Festival (November 11–22).
Loop creates a community for artists’ cinema enthusiasts where artists, collectors, curators, gallerists, art institutions, and distributors meet and establish alliances. Through its diverse programs, ranging from screenings to exhibitions, talks, performances and other encounters, Loop facilitates collaborations and offers new perspectives and reflections on art and artists’ cinema.
This year’s Loop Fair (November 18–20) will showcase 38 films (with over 12 premieres), selected by a committee of collectors chaired by Jean-Conrad Lemaître and including Isabelle Lemaître, Haro Cumbusyan, Renée Drake, and Josée and Marc Gensollen. In 2025, Loop Fair brings together national and international galleries, long-standing participants with new presences. Each selected artist champions a remarkable geographical and generational diversity, attesting to the vitality of contemporary artists’ film and video.
Loop Fair is enriched by the online platform Loop Virtual, which expands the reach of the event and proposes new ways of exploring the works through a carefully designed virtual tour, interviews and dedicated materials. Early access for guests and professionals will start on November 10 through previous accreditation. VIDEOCLOOP, the streaming platform and archive hosting films from previous editions of Loop Fair and Loop Festival, will soon launch a new selection of films from this year’s program.
Loop’s Jury, composed by Julian Ross (Eye Film Institute, Amsterdam), Elvira Dyangani Ose (Macba, Barcelona), Benjamin Weil (Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon), Dirk Snauwaert (Wiels, Brussels), Andrea Lissoni (Haus der Kunst, Munich) and Daniela Zyman (TBA-21, Vienna and Venice), will award an Honorable Mention and two prizes: the Loop Fair Award, which guarantees a gallery a return to the next edition, and the Loop Fair Acquisition Award, which selects a winning film to enter Loop Barcelona’s collection, deposited at MACBA.
This year’s Loop Symposium (November 19–20) is titled “Trusting, Caring, Collaborating: Practices for Artists’ Cinema”. Curated by Filipa Ramos, it brings together a selection of experts to reflect on artists’ cinema today and imagine how institutions, artists and collectors can better collaborate and support one another.
The 23rd edition of Loop Festival (November 11–22), under the artistic direction of Filipa Ramos, is entitled Miratges Mirages. Mirages can be seen but not touched, they radiate and vibrate but they have no matter, they can be individual and collective. Miratges Miratges celebrates our capacity to desire, create and project images. Exploring the relationship between cinema, imagination and perception, between bodies, landscapes and art, Miratges Mirages hosts more than 20 screenings, exhibitions, performances, and talks, presented in collaboration with the city’s artistic and cultural institutions. Engaging, mesmerising, diverse, and accessible, the artworks presented attest to artists’ cinema’s unique capacity to represent and dialogue with the present times, in their complexity and fascination.
Loop Barcelona / 23rd Edition
November 11–22, 2025
Loop Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
