Cinema, Wine, and The Spirit of Catalonia Come Together Once Again
This November, Catalonia’s most sensorial celebration is underway: the Most – International Wine and Cava Film Festival, now in its 14th edition.
Spanning two of the region’s most emblematic wine territories, the festival runs in:
- Penedès, from November 6 to 16, 2025
- Priorat, from November 26 to 30, 2025
With its headquarters at mostfestival.cat, the event celebrates the worlds of cinema and viticulture, weaving stories of vineyards, terroirs, winemakers, and the cultural landscapes that sustain them.
This Year’s Theme: Wine, Memory, and Climate Change
The 2025 edition explores how wine reflects the transformations of our time — environmental, cultural, and human. Through documentaries, short films, and features, the festival invites us to witness the resilience of local winemaking traditions and the beauty of landscapes shaped by both nature and human care.
Each year, Most highlights a guest wine region, and in 2025 that honor goes to El Bierzo, in northwestern Spain. Known for its Atlantic-influenced reds, El Bierzo is being celebrated through special screenings, tastings, and tributes.
Two figures of the wine world receive Honorary Awards this year:
- Miquel A. Torres, a visionary of sustainable viticulture in Catalonia
- Raúl Pérez, El Bierzo’s celebrated winemaker and advocate of terroir expression.
A Record Harvest of Films
The ‘Collita’ (Harvest) section presents 53 works from 13 countries, a record selection exploring every facet of the vine and the glass — from soil to cellar, from heritage to innovation.
The festival began yesterday with Frontera, directed by Judith Colell, who is also receiving this year’s Honorary Award for her contribution to Catalan cinema.
In the ‘Gran Reserva’ section — a nod to aged wines of exceptional quality — audiences can enjoy acclaimed names such as Isabel Coixet, Paolo Sorrentino, and Jim Jarmusch.
A Festival for All the Senses
More than a film festival, Most is a multisensory experience. Screenings often take place inside wineries, followed by guided tastings of local wines and cheeses. Imagine watching a documentary about the Penedès vineyards while sipping a chilled glass of cava made just a few kilometers away.
The landscapes of Penedès and Priorat — two of Catalonia’s most celebrated wine appellations — provide the perfect backdrop, blending cinema, gastronomy, and geography into one seamless experience.
For the Gastronomy World
For gastronomes, Most offers a fertile meeting point between taste and image:
- A cinematic tasting: Films here are not merely watched but tasted — each story pairs with the aroma, color, and emotion of wine.
- Wine as narrative: Beyond being a beverage, wine becomes a cultural symbol of place, time, and craftsmanship.
- Shared tables: Chefs, filmmakers, and winemakers gather for post-screening dinners, turning each evening into a celebration of storytelling and flavor.
Origins and Organization
Founded in 2011 by VINSEUM – the Museum of Catalan Wine Cultures and Cineclub Vilafranca, the festival later expanded to include Priorat in 2016. The organizational team reflects the event’s balance between art and terroir:
- General Coordinator: Mar Canet
- Production Director: Joan Pancorbo
- Press and Communications: Alba Laguna – a film journalist with experience at the Sitges Film Festival and other cultural institutions.
Together, they craft a festival that bridges the sensory world of wine with the expressive world of cinema.
A Cultural and Geographical Journey
Most 2025 unites three wine regions and their cinematic souls:
- Penedès, the heartland of cava and sparkling wines
- Priorat, famed for its dramatic slate soils and deep reds
- El Bierzo, this year’s guest region, bringing its Atlantic freshness and distinctive personality to Catalonia.
Through tastings, vineyard tours, and screenings, visitors can explore how each region’s identity flows from the land into the glass — and onto the screen.
Conclusion: Cinema You Can Taste
The Most Festival 2025 is more than a cultural event — it is a celebration of how wine, art, and nature intertwine. It tells stories not only of grapes and barrels but of people, places, and passions. For lovers of gastronomy, it offers a rare invitation: to taste cinema and watch wine.
