The 17th edition of the (S8) Peripheral Film Festival, taking place in A Coruña from 2nd to 7th June, includes 161 films and will host around 80 artists, professionals, and students from all over the world. The inaugural session will be a double bill, with the programme “The Cosmic Shutter” dedicated to the firmament and an original proposal from Jeanne Liotta, who will create a cinematic eclipse live

Jeanne Liotta, a key figure in US experimental cinema, is one of the big international names at (S8), which will also feature the Canadian John Porter, considered to be the King of Super 8, the Mexican Bruno Varela with a political, futuristic cinema, and the Belgian Els van Riel, whose films are an empirical investigation into light. There will be several retrospective sessions for all of them, giving a unique opportunity to see their films screened in their original analogue format, which in many cases will be their premiere in Spain. Polen negro (Black pollen, 2025), Bruno Varela’s latest film, will have its world premiere at the Mostra projected in 35 mm with live sound.

In addition to continuing its commitment to tracing the history of experimental cinema with well-established artists, (S8) is once again a meeting place for the latest avant-garde cinema—created over the last two years—in the Sinais and Sinais Latin America sections. The former is bringing together 33 artworks produced in Galicia, Spain and Portugal, while the latter is showing six films from Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, the Dominican Republic and Bolivia. This section has now become a regular in the festival, capturing the pulse of the Latin American avant-garde scene. Likewise, Sinais Desbordamientos (Overflows) is reaffirming its space reserved for expanded cinema made in Galicia and Spain this year, including a world premiere.

As usual, the film performances in Desbordamientos will be given at the Seoane Foundation, where three works by filmmakers from Colombia and Portugal will also be shown, united by a common theme: the transmission of cultural heritage among women. The female—and feminist—perspective is an essential aspect year, with more than one 70% of the works created by women. The last day of Desbordamientos will see the closing session with John Porter, who will be presenting some of his acclaimed film performances such as Scanning 8 (2016) and Shootout with Rebecca (1983). Porter himself has remarked that his attendance at (S8) is to be his farewell to the international scene.