Open-air cinema this July at the Canòdrom

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When summer arrives, we open the Canòdrom Steps and transform the square into a shared space where cinema invites us to reflect, feel, and resist together. This July, every Friday, the Canòdrom square becomes a meeting point for those who love open-air cinema and for those seeking stories that challenge, move, and inspire.

The Open Steps Cinema series in 2025 is grounded in the values promoted by the Canòdrom: democracy, technology, and social justice. It also dialogues with the exhibition “How to Design a Revolution: The Chilean Way to Design”, and invites us to look beyond the center—towards the global South, towards silenced voices, towards feminist and grassroots struggles that are transforming the world from the bottom up.

We begin with Flow, a delicate animated fable made with free software about coexistence, difference, and adaptation. We continue with No, a Chilean film that shows us the power of design and communication in defeating a dictatorship. Later, we delve into Iran’s reality with The Seed of the Sacred Fig, a brave portrait of women organizing to resist patriarchal oppression. And we close with El 47, a story as real as it is powerful about neighborhood pride and the Barcelona built from its working-class districts.

Organized by the District of Sant Andreu and the Canòdrom – Digital and Democratic Innovation Hub, every Friday in July you have a date with great cinema, critical thinking, and the open air.

  • Free admission, no prior registration required

Schedule
  • 8:30 PM | Doors open. Make yourself comfortable and bring your cushion, drink, or dinner!
  • 9:45 PM | Screening begins.
  • All sessions include accessibility measures.

Friday, July 4, 9:45 PM

Flow

    • Gints Zilbalodis, Latvia, 2024, 83 min
    • No dialogue. Accessible subtitles and audio description

A solitary cat wakes up in a world covered in water, apparently without humans. It finds refuge on a boat with other animals, but living together proves to be an even greater challenge than facing its fear of water.

A beautiful animated fable about coexistence and resilience, created with free software. Suitable for all audiences. A visual gem of friendship and adventure.

Friday, July 11, 9:45 PM

No

    • Pablo Larraín, Chile, 2012, 116 min
    • Original version in Spanish.

Led by Gael García Bernal, this film takes us to Chile in 1988, when a creative and optimistic advertising campaign helped bring an end to Pinochet’s dictatorship.

Drama and humor in a true story of strategic communication and hope. Nominated for the 2012 Oscars and winner of the Directors’ Fortnight Prize at Cannes.

Friday, July 18, 9:45 PM

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

  • Mohammad Rasoulof, Germany, 2024, 168 min
  • Original version in Persian with Catalan subtitles.

With a brave and humane perspective, Rasoulof immerses us in the intimate and political conflict of a family trapped in the contradictions of an authoritarian regime. As the patriarch enforces increasingly rigid rules, the women in the household begin to resist through everyday acts of defiance.

A haunting parable about abuse of power, repression, and the strength of feminist resistance. A powerful and moving piece of political cinema. Nominated for the Oscars, Golden Globes, Cannes, and César Awards.

Friday, July 25, 9:45 PM

El 47

  • Marcel Barrena, Spain, 2024, 110 min
  • Original version in Catalan and Spanish with accessible subtitles and audio description.

A true story about neighborhood struggle and working-class dignity in Barcelona, 1978. Manolo Vital, a bus driver, dismantles an institutional lie through an act of defiance that will help reshape the city.

More than a chronicle of a historical moment, it’s a declaration of love for the daily fight for social justice and a tribute to the power of collective organization and the memory of the neighborhoods.

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