Barcelona Burning () is a 2020 animated short film, directed by Theodore Ushev and released in 2020.Xavi Serra, "L’Animac de Lleida viatja a la recerca del temps". Ara, February 24, 2020. A reflection on the 2019 Catalan protests, the film consists of hot wax painting superimposed on the Barcelona telephone directory."Retour sur le #FNC49 – Palmarès courts métrages FNC 2020 Cinema moderne". CTVM, December 18, 2020. 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.
The film premiered in February 2020 at the Animac festival in Lleida, Spain. 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."Dévoilement du Palmarès 2020 de la 49e édition du FNC". CTVM, October 18, 2020.
It was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021.
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