International Women's Film Festival of Barcelona

The International Women's Film Festival of Barcelona, ​​started in June 1993, aims to promote films directed by women, women's audiovisual culture visible, projecting filmographies of filmmakers from around the world, thus the importance of the contribution women in the development of audiovisual creation.

After more than a decade of history, the International Women's Film Festival of Barcelona has become a cultural space and a stable platform for alternative showings increasingly committed to the debate on creative processes.

This event, will be placed from 26th of May until 5th of Juny in differents location of the city (please viist their webiste to know more about this).

Primavera Sound Festival / may

Primavera Sound is fast becoming one of Barcelona's most popular music festivals. It has a growing reputation for offering one of the most innovative and forward-thinking line-ups in Europe. This is a festival for true music aficionados.

For the edition of this year already confirmed artists like: Animal Collective, Belle & Sebastian, Caribou, Echo & the Bunnymen, Fleet Foxes, Mercury Rev (performing the amazing album "Desert's Songs"), Pulp, Mogwai, Salem, The Flaming Lips, and The National (one of the best new indie bands of the moment)

For the full festival line-up, check the Official Primavera Sound Website.

Dates For the 2011 Primavera Event: Wednesday 25th May – Saturday 28th May 2011.
How to get to the Sound Festival Venue: Parc del Fòrum
http://www.primaverasound.com/ps/?page=ubicacion&tipo=forum&id=metro&lang=en

The Barcelona Contemporary Culture Centre

CCCB The Barcelona Contemporary Culture Centre is a multidisciplinary institution which organizes exhibitions in particular on urbanism, music, dance, debates and readings. This place is commonly frequented by people from Barcelona. Astonishing architecture.

The Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) organizes and produces exhibitions, debates, festivals and concerts, programmes film cycles, courses and lectures, and encourages creation using new technologies and languages.

It promotes artistic research in fields such as multimedia, backs research into exhibition formats, exports its in-house productions to other national and international arts centres, museums and institutions, and generates debate, thought and reflection on the theme of the city and the public domain, as well as other issues of current affairs. The CCCB also compiles materials that are available for public consultation, comprising its inheritance, its holdings and archives of exhibition formats, publications, digital archives, audiovisuals, and so on.

It is a space open to groups of independent artists, creators and programmers...

See the website for upcoming programme.

Address : Montalegre, 5
Zip code : 08001
City : Barcelona - Spain
Area : El Raval
Website : CCCB
Opening hours : Tuesday to Saturday: 11am - 8pm; Sundays & holidays: 11am - 7pm;
Prices : 4,50 €
Phone : 00 34 93 306 4100
Metro/Bus : Metro: 1, 2, 3 (Catalunya i Universitat) - Bus: 7, 9, 14, 16, 17, 24, 38, 41, 50,
54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 64, 66, 67, 68, 91, 120, 141, L94, L95, Tombús, Aerobús.