The 2021 edition of DocBarcelona takes place from 18 to 30 May in a hybrid format. Combining online screenings via Filmin and physical screenings at the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) and the Cinema Aribau, DocBarcelona will feature 33 feature-length documentaries from 33 different countries, 11 short films and 4 titles from the Docs & Teens section.
Opening
- Balandrau, Infern Glacat (dir. Guille Cascante) – Catalonia, Spain
Closing
- Danio Karavan (dir. Barak Heymann) – Israel, Poland
Official Section Panorama
- Notturno (dir. Gianfranco Rosi) – Italy, France, Germany
- Playing With Sharks (dir. Sally Aitken) – Australia
- Taming the Garden (dir. Salomé Jashi) – Switzerland, Germany, Georgia
- The Man Who Paints Water Drops (dir. Oan Kim, Brigitte Bouillot) – France, South Korea
- Inside the Red Brick Wall (dir. Hong Kong Documentary Filmmakers) – Hong Kong SAR China
- Lobster Soup (dir. Pepe Andreu Ibarra, Rafa Molés Vilar) – Spain, Iceland, Lithuania
- The Return, Life After ISIS (dir. Alba Sotorra) – Spain, UK
- To the Moon (dir. Tadhg O’Sullivan) – Ireland
- Les Enfants Terribles (dir. Ahmet Necdet Cupur) – France, Turkey, Germany
- Lamentations of Judas (dir. Ahmet Necdet Cupur) – Netherlands
- Le Kiosque (dir. Alexandra Pianelli) – France
- The Witches of the Orient (dir. Julien Faraut) – France
- As I Want (dir. Samaher Alqadi) – Egypt, France, Norway, Palestinian Territories and Germany
- Gunda (dir. Victor Kossakovsky) – Norway, USA
- Children (dir. Ada Ushpiz) – Israel
Official Section Latitud
- 499 (dir. Rodrigo Reyes) – USA, Mexico
- A Room Without a View (dir. Roser Corella) – Austria, Germany
- Arica (dir. Lars Edman, William Johansson Kalén) – Sweden, Chile, Belgium, Norway, UK
- Cuban Dancer (dir. Roberto Salinas) – Italy, Canada, Chile
- El Secreto del Doctor Grinberg (dir. Ida Cuéllar) – Catalonia, Spain
- Objetos Rebeldes (dir. Carolina Arias Ortiz) – Costa Rica
- The Last Forest (dir. Luiz Bolognesi) – Brazil
- Altsasu (Gau Hura) (dir. Marc Parramon, Amets Arzallus) – Spain
Special Sessions
- Truman & Tennesse: An Intimate Conversation (dir. Lisa Immordino Vreeland) – USA
- Gorbachev. Heaven (dir. Vitaly Mansky) – Czechia
- El Caso Wanninkhof – Carabantes (dir. Tània Balló) – Spain
- Llum i Libertat (dir. Àngel Leiro) – Catalonia, Spain
DOC-U
- Dolores (dir. Coral Piñeiro González) – Spain
- La Ermitana (dir. Anna Hanslik) – Spain
- Anomino (dir. Manu Roma) – Catalonia
- Els Hereus (dir. Various directors) – Catalonia
- A Cambio de tu Vida (dir. Various directors) – Catalonia
- Animal Salvatge (dir. Maria Besora) – Spain
- Carta Abierta (dir. Esteve Pallarès Ogàyar) – Catalonia
- Dolores (dir. Various directors) – Spain
- La Fiest Del Fin Del Mundo (dir. Paula González) – Spain
- Te Llamo Para (dir. Sophia Iribertegui Mayoral) – Catalonia
