L'Alternativa, Barcelona Independent Film Festival is dedicated to creating a platform for the promotion and distribution of films, which for their innovative character, are unable to find a way into main exhibition and distribution circuits. As well as the international competition, the festival screens retrospectives, thematic programmes, work from international film schools, offers a free screen and organises workshops, round tables, concerts and parties. L'Alternativa's itinerant programmes have screened in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Mexico, Spain and the USA.