Annual meeting of writers, artists and migrant communities: narratives and languages displaced by the hegemonic publishing industry
FILMIG is conceived as a meeting place where literature, art, and the migrant experience intersect. During the fair, writers, editors, artists, and readers share a common space that celebrates and celebrates these shared experiences. the displaced, translated, hybrid, and transitory word.
Why does it exist? Because migrant narratives have historically been displaced by the hegemonic publishing industryFILMIG puts these languages at the center, making visible experiences, voices and ways of writing that do not usually find space in traditional circuits.
Readings, conversations and shared thinking
FILMIG offers readings aloud, open conversations, and informal gatherings where authors can contextualize their processes, texts, and journeys. It's not just about presenting books, but about sharing the conditions under which they write.
Writing as body, gesture and action
The FILMIG closure expands into a intercultural cultural programming, where With the feet It is proposed as a space to sing, dance, and move the body; to celebrate existence amidst the violence and difficulties faced by racialized people in the current geopolitical context. Because we don't just write on paper: The body also speaks, remembers, and expresses itself.
We understand joy as a indispensable political practiceEspecially in the festive spaces we build from grassroots culture, where music, dance, and collective presence become forms of resistance, care, and affirmation of life. The closing event thus proposes a vibrant and shared encounter, where the written word engages in dialogue with the moving body, listening, and collective celebration.
Throughout its two previous editions, FILMIG has established itself as a act of cultural justiceNot only because it makes books and authors more visible, but because build horizons where our words matterThey find their own place and open up dialogues that are necessary for the city. We understand culture as a common territory from which to contest narratives, produce memory and generate community.
Conversations
Film screening
Fair
Live radio
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The act of connecting through words motivates people to write and read. It is also important as a playful activity for acknowledging our history, writing about our present, and thinking about how we envision our future.
A space like FILMIG is extremely important because it showcases the editorial diversity and also the range of interests that exist in Barcelona and the rest of Spain.
We believe the idea of creating migrant networks is fundamental.
FILMIG's role in the fight for epistemic justice is key. It's a festival organized and self-managed by migrant and racialized bodies, so it's crucial that we make visible and assert our right to be there.
[...] In books and film, the stories of Black and Brown people have always been told through a Western, white lens. Demanding that our work be made visible and published is epistemic anti-racism.
This gathering is a space for listening, connecting, and dialogue, and that transforms. It has transformed me, and that's why I believe in its importance.