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Pulgar by Mónica Mays, a site-specific intervention for the ‘Abierto x Obras’ program in Nave 0 at Matadero Madrid

It is an exchange of ideas, knowledge, and artistic experimentation aimed at promoting biophilia, that is, the innate love for nature

Matadero Madrid, which includes spaces such as Nave 10, climbs four positions in the national ranking, securing a place in the top ten of Spain’s best cultural offerings

Three carte blanches to Marta Sanz, José Luis Pardo and Ernesto Castro invite audiences to think about cinema through contemporary philosophy

To be held from May 26 to 31 at Cineteca Madrid

The artist presents the participatory exhibition It Takes a Village to Move a Desert, which proposes play as a collective experience for children and adults alike

Recognised by the Observatory of the Fundación Contemporánea as one of Spain’s four essential cultural centres, Matadero Madrid welcomed more than 1.1 million visitors in 2025

The thematic programme Machines for Living explores the city, the neighbourhood, the home and the room as cinematic scales

The festival concludes with the screening of Arco, by French filmmaker Ugo Bienvenue, a Golden Globe nominee for Best Animated Feature 2026, alongside the international premiere of Algo en la casa, by Carla Pereira, winner of the Animario Award for Animation Production 2024