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![La directora Neus Ballús (a l’esquerra) i la muntadora Ariadna Ribas (a la dreta) amb els premis Gaudí que van rebre per la pel·lícula Sis dies corrents. © Acadèmia del Cinema Català - Manu de León / White Horse](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/bm_123_cultura_debat_premis_gaudi_white_horse_manu_de_leon_1100x548px.jpg?itok=YbApjV6f)
The number of female filmmakers has been burgeoning in the past few years. The presence of female directors, screenwriters, producers, and so on, is growing in the audiovisual...
![Llibres exposats a una de les parades de la plaça Reial amb motiu de la diada de Sant Jordi del 2021. © Mònica Moreno](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/debat-cultura.jpg?itok=jnYdtwkz)
Things are looking promising for the publishing sector right now. The pandemic, which has broadly been catastrophic for the cultural sector, has generated an unexpected recovery for...
![Núria Guiu durant un moment de l’actuació a l’espectacle Likes al Teatre Lliure. © Ajuntament de Barcelona / Laura Guerrero](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/01_debat_dissidencia_portada_1100.jpg?itok=3Oylhrpt)
Today we wonder whether dissent can still be exercised in a culture subsidised and domesticated by the official discourse of institutions. Is it feasible today to think of artistic...
![Performance “Speculative Intimacy. Afectes i tecnologia digital”, dins la Biennal de Pensament del 2019. Moment de l'actuació amb una dona estirada al llit comandant un petit dron. © Xavier Torrent Performance “Speculative Intimacy. Afectes i tecnologia digital”, dins la Biennal de Pensament del 2019. Moment de l'actuació amb una dona estirada al llit comandant un petit dron. © Xavier Torrent](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/debat_portada_1100x548_0.jpg?itok=SCrc390I)
Barcelona is furnished with the conditions and the talents to become a benchmark for technological humanism. At a time when the European model for the ethics of algorithms, citizens’...
![Cavallet de mar fet amb materials reciclats. © Curro Palacios](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/02_debat_ciencia_1100.jpg?itok=tGmUeBAg)
Climate change is the major political, social and cultural challenge of our time, but it also constitutes a major challenge for science and technology. The City and Science Biennial,...
![Park Güell. Entrada © Ajuntament de Barcelona / AL PHT Air Picture TAVISA](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/debat_parcguell.jpg?itok=j57zVBXr)
The debate forum “City, tourism and culture: a joint opportunity” – organised by the Department of Tourism and Creative Industries in conjunction with the Sixth Deputy Mayor’s Office for...
![Una exposició a La Virreina. © Vicente Zambrano](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/debat_expo_1100x548.jpg?itok=2_5EZijs)
Barcelona’s cultural scene cannot be understood without photography. The link stretches way back and has reached the 21st century with renewed vigour. The city can boast of...
![Espectacle inaugural del Festival Grec 2020. © Edu Bayer / Ajuntament de Barcelona](https://www.barcelona.cat/metropolis/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/cultura_debat_grec.jpg?itok=oIseCSyn)
Cancelling, postponing or rethinking. These are the options Barcelona’s cultural initiatives have had to decide between during the Covid-19 lockdown. Each project has chosen its own path...
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