Barcelona Burning

Barcelona Burning (Catalan: 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.

Barcelona Burning
Catalan	Barcelona de Foc
Directed by	Theodore Ushev
Produced by	Theodore Ushev
Animation by	Theodore Ushev
Production company	Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
Release date	February 27, 2020 (2020-02-27) (Animac)
Running time	5 minutes
Countries	Canada Spain

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]