| Barcelona Burning | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Theodore Ushev |
| Producer: | Theodore Ushev |
| Animator: | Theodore Ushev |
| Studio: | Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona |
| Runtime: | 5 minutes |
| Country: | Canada Spain |
Barcelona Burning (Catalan; Valencian: Barcelona de Foc) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Theodore Ushev and released in 2020.[1] A reflection on the 2019–2020 Catalan protests, the film consists of hot wax painting superimposed on the Barcelona telephone directory.[2] The film was commissioned by the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona after the riots broke out just a few days before Ushev's scheduled talk at the centre about his creative process.
The film premiered in February 2020 at the Animac festival in Lleida, Spain.[1] It was later screened in the New Alchemists program at the 2020 Festival du nouveau cinéma, where it was the winner of the National Dada Prize.[3]
It was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021.[4]