Invitations for the talk on 29 October will be available shortly.
ROSA MONTERO
in conversation with CARLOS BRIONES
Straddling journalism, non-fiction and fiction, Rosa Montero’s career has always been driven by curiosity. In her books, imagination and humour become ways of exploring and understanding the world. Following in the footsteps of her much-admired Ursula K. Le Guin, she...
IGGY RUBÍN, ENRIQUE MURILLO & ALBERT MONTEYS
The Confederacy of Dunces
Since its extraordinary posthumous publication in 1980, The Confederacy of Dunces has become a classic of comic literature. Albert Monteys’s recent graphic adaptation offers a fresh take on the unforgettable world of Ignatius J. Reilly — one that a festival...
ANNA STAROBINETS & ELIA BARCELÓ
The Reality of the Unreal
Aliens, time travel, impossible creatures, unsettling dystopias… Drawing on different literary traditions, Anna Starobinets and Elia Barceló have found in speculative fiction a space for creative freedom from which to question identity, the body and the boundaries of what it...
HIDROGENESSE
Live concert & audiovisual performan
A leading name in Spanish-language electronic music, the duo of Carlos Ballesteros and Genís Segarra have created a universe somewhere between the arty and the unmistakably Spanish absurdity of Berlanga, where science fiction, humour, pop culture and their unmistakably distinctive...
BÁRBARA GOENAGA & ESTI GABILONDO
in conversation with DOLORES REDONDO
Live podcast The podcast ¿Te quedas a leer?, produced by EL TERRAT for PlanetadeLibros, launches its fourth season with a special episode recorded live in front of a festival audience. Hosted by Bárbara Goenaga and Esti Gabilondo, this will be...
EDUARDO SAENZ DE CABEZÓN & GISELA BAÑOS
The Science of Science Fiction
How much science do science fiction writers really know, and how does it find its way into their stories? What role can the genre play in communicating science? And do we still enjoy, despite everything, stories that defy the laws...
TOR & TXOBORRO MAGOAK
Magic & steampunk show · TnT
Tor and Txoborro transport us to a world where magic and technology go hand in hand. Among gears, steam and impossible inventions, they will unveil some of their most astonishing contraptions: the world-famous Mind Reader, the sharpest umbrella in the...
RODRIGO CORTÉS’s TOP10 Humour Sequences
in conversation with JUAN BAS
One of Ja!’s unmissable annual events returns: the festival’s regular feature in which a guest selects ten comic scenes and discusses them with Juan Bas as they are shown on screen. This year’s guest is filmmaker and writer Rodrigo Cortés,...
18:30
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum · Auditorium
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MANUEL FONTÁN & AGUSTÍN FERNÁNDEZ MALLO
in conversation with RAFAEL ORBEGOZO
Museums of the Future What role will technologies such as artificial intelligence and virtual environments play in museums? How will museums change in response to new ways of creating, exhibiting and engaging with art? To celebrate the reopening of the...
20:00
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum · Auditorium
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RAY LORIGA
in conversation with ALFONSO J. USSÍA
Author of novels including Héroes, Tokio ya no nos quiere and Rendición, Ray Loriga defined a generation and remains one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Spanish fiction. Rock, cinema, popular culture and dystopian futures all feature in his...
LAURA FERNÁNDEZ
in conversation with CAROLINA ONTIVERO
Presentation · Diminuta casa encantada Ghosts, aliens, a haunted doll’s house… The whole imaginative world of Laura Fernández comes to life in her first book for readers aged 10 and over. Diminuta casa encantada is a story full of imagination,...
20:00
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao · Auditorium
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FERNANDO TRUEBA, MARIBEL VERDÚ, MANUEL GUTIÉRREZ ARAGÓN & BERNARDO SÁNCHEZ
Azcona: 100 Years
On the day Rafael Azcona would have turned one hundred, the festival pays tribute to one of Europe’s great screenwriters, whose collaborations with directors including Marco Ferreri, Luis García Berlanga, Carlos Saura, José Luis Cuerda, Fernando Trueba and Manuel Gutiérrez...
19:00
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao · Auditorium
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SARA GARCÍA ALONSO, MARIANO SIGMAN & LAURA FERNÁNDEZ
Science and Fiction: The Art of the Possible
Described by Ray Bradbury as “the art of the possible”, science fiction is more than a way of imagining the future. From Jules Verne to the Apollo programme, from Black Mirror to the revolution in artificial intelligence, the genre has...
19:00
Bidebarrieta Kulturgunea
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MARIANA ENRIQUEZ
in conversation with MÓNICA CRESPO & BEGO R. ORBEZUA
Mariana Enriquez has played a decisive role in bringing horror and the fantastic to the forefront of contemporary international fiction. Her work is shaped by memory, violence and the fierce humour with which she explores the darker sides of reality....
MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ
in conversation with RODRIGO BLANCO CALDERÓN
Regarded as one of the most influential writers of our time, Houellebecq has always been a passionate reader and admirer of science fiction. From novels such as The Possibility of an Island and Submission to the songs on his latest...
SARA BARQUINERO & CARLA NYMAN
‘Glitch’ Generation: Welcome to a Brave New World
Relationships mediated by screens, identities built and reinvented online, new myths and belief systems — conspiracy communities, incels, transhumanist imaginaries — and a language changing at breakneck speed. Sara Barquinero and Carla Nyman, two of the most interesting writers of...
DJ BLACKYPUB
Mars Attacks! Party
An edition as out-of-this-world as this one can only end in an apocalypse or an alien invasion. The end of the world can wait, so we’ll bring the festival to a close with a party inspired by Tim Burton’s Mars...
