38th edition
17-25 january 2026

Pol-len

Blanca Camell Gali

Image Pol-len
France
2019 Fiction 16 min
Anna, who has moved abroad, returns to Barcelona for a few days. Back in her home city, she is haunted by her past love Alex as she walks through the neighbourhood they used to live in. However, mass tourism has seriously changed the city, and, when Anna discovers that their old apartment is now an Airbnb rental, a flood of memories overwhelms her.
With : Bàrbara Balcells Matas, Guillem Camprodon Pujol, Helena Santacana Ricart, Montse Vila Cuixarts, Joaquim Delgado Belmonte
Screenplay : Blanca Camell Gali
Image : José Lopez Pizarro
Sound : Oriol Donat Martos, Marion Papinot, Romain Ozanne
Editing : Mario Valero Palacin, Marc Roca Vives
Production : Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains
Blanca Camell was born in 1990 in Barcelona, Spain. She graduated in cinema from the University of Barcelona and Paris 8. She directed L'oreig and Ídols before entering Le Fresnoy film school.