Xavi Herrero literally grew up in a photography studio. A Catalan filmmaker and producer, he has lived in Ibiza since 2014, the year he decided to leave behind his professional career in Barcelona, linked to TV3 and production companies such as El Terrat and Dorna, among many others.
In 2016, he founded Ibizacinefest, the Ibiza International Independent Film Festival, which he continues to direct and whose 10th edition is already in preparation. At the same time, he has produced and directed four feature films related to the island. His film, Moonface: A Woman in War, won the Silver Biznaga and the Audience Award in the “Affirming Women’s Rights” section at the 2019 Malaga Film Festival.
With her fifth feature film, Salka, in No Man’s Land, she begins a new creative phase focused on collaborative projects in Mauritania with the NGO Un Lápiz, un Dibujo, culminating in the documentary Kitab in 2021. In March 2023, she premieres Du vin dans les voiles at the Málaga Film Festival.
His feature films have been selected and awarded at festivals such as the Málaga Film Festival, Cinespaña, DocsBarcelona, Atlàntida Film Fest, Vladivostok, among others. He has also participated in prominent industry sections such as the European Film Market (Berlinale), Visions du Réel Industry, Medimed, and Spanish Screenings.
He is a member of DOCMA (Spanish Documentary Film Association) and, since May 2022, has been a member of the European Film Academy.
His latest project, shot in Varanasi, India, includes the short film Dom (2025) and the feature film Manikarnika (V.I.P. 2026).
Project Statement
This series of photographs were taken at the Pride Barcelona Festival demonstration. Some 250,000 people from all over Europe filled the streets of Barcelona for a festival that was more demanding than ever due to the rise of the far right in Europe and the cuts to the rights of the LGBTI+ community.A photograph doesn’t just capture a moment; it whispers a story. You are free to imagine your own. For me, photography is like a slow, abstract film, a rhythm that invites you to contemplate, to feel without haste, to let each glance construct its own story. This is how I experience it: like a single-frame film, and at the same time, like a sequence of emotions captured in images.
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