The B-Retina Festival

The B-Retina Festival was born as a tribute to the neighborhood cinemas that disappeared both in the city of Cornellà (10 – no more and no less!), and throughout the periphery of the city of Barcelona since 2000.

It was created with the aim of creating a community of spectators in front of a screen, like a social event of sorts. And since one of the objectives was to “compete” against the blockbusters of today’s commercial cinemas and multiplexes, its organizers decided to dedicate it to a genre that, although apparently a minority, was beginning to claim its space among fans and onlookers.

Fans and professional creators of B Series cinema see their possibilities of enjoying this type of cinema reduced, being forced to attend screening rooms, thematic or specialized festivals and exhibitions to enjoy their passion. For this reason and after eight editions, the Festival B-Retina has become a refference as aplatfor of promotion for a type of cinema with little visibility in the Spanish territory. This way,We have carved a niche for ourselves in the hearts of an audience who shuns the clichés of A-Series cinema, who want to enjoy the big screen and share their passion with other fans of a genre that is experiencing its second golden age.

Since 2015, the year in which the first edition was held, the number of spectators has not stopped rising until present times, which shows that B-Retina is a consolidated festival both in the city of Barcelona and in Spanish territory, as one of the headliners within the genre and the only festival specialized in B Series cinema in Catalonia.

In 2021, a double SOLD OUT is achieved thanks to our large loyal audience, as well as other newcomers who enjoy it for the first time. In 2022, B-Retina grows even more, extending its duration to 6 days and with an online version on the FILMIN platform that lasted for 18 days, reaching almost 1,000 live viewers and more than 3,400 viewers in its digital/on demmand version.

In addition to these juicy figures, B-Retina, as a member of the TAC (Terror Arreu de Catalunya) Association participates in the programming of the Sitges Film Festival and we have collaborated with other members like the Cardoterror Film Festival or the Fantboi of Sant Boi, not to mention of our twinnings created with other festivals, such as the one created with the acclaimed Cutrecon Festival in Madrid.

As if that were not enough, although our key activity revolves around the Festival itself, we organize various activities throughout the year related to the genre, such as participation in the latest edition of the Saló del Cinema i de les Sèries, or new local iniciatives we are participating in starting 2024.