Occitan Films Festival

Several Catalan and Occitan cities will host the screening of occitan films between June and November. The Mostra de Cinema Occitan "Digital Lantern" originates from a short’s film prize and aims at helping to spread the reality of the Occitan language, through movies.

To achieve this objective, the 2010 Mostra presents diverse programming, both for the source of the work to be screened, including with respect to a variety of genres, styles and expressive techniques.

Mostra programming is opened to all kinds of audiovisual creations and will travel to different locations in order to contribute to a better dissemination of the current reality of the creation in Occitan language and make it closer to a larger number of people.

Mostra de Cinema Occitan «Digital Lantern» is an initiative of the Language Services Coordinator of Lleida. It was created in 2008 and the first edition was only held in Lleida.

This year is the festival will take place on both sides of the French/Catalan border: