WHAT IS “JARABA IS CINEMA 2026”?
It is a film event promoted by the Jaraba Town Council and CSA El Castillo, combining film screenings, citizen participation, and contemporary audiovisual creation.
It is a cultural project that will once again fill Jaraba with film, culture, and creative activity, transforming the thermal spa town into a meeting point for audiovisual creation, heritage, and rural tourism.
It is an audiovisual initiative to revitalize the rural environment and position it as a space for artistic creation and inspiration.
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES
It consists of two complementary activities that combine audiovisual creation and screening in the municipality of Jaraba.
JARABA IS CINEMA - EXPRESS SHORT FILM. July 10 and 11.
An intensive audiovisual production event in which participating teams must write, shoot, and edit a short film within the municipality of Jaraba in just 24 hours.
This is a cultural production activity that transforms the municipality into an active creative space. It promotes its natural, urban, and landscape heritage as a cinematic setting.
8th JARABA CASTLE FILM FESTIVAL. August 7, 8, and 9.
A competitive event for the screening and promotion of national and international short films. This open-air event will feature various participation categories.
OBJECTIVES
“Jaraba is Cinema” was created with the aim of making audiovisual culture a tool for social, cultural, and tourism development in the municipality of Jaraba and its surrounding area.
Among its objectives are:
→ To bring cinema and audiovisual creation to rural areas, facilitating access to contemporary cultural offerings outside of major urban centers and creating spaces for interaction between creators, residents, and visitors.
→ To promote Jaraba as a film location and cultural tourism destination, using audiovisual language to showcase the municipality's natural, scenic, historical, and thermal heritage.
