Pa-ta-ta Festival 2026 Announces Its Selected Projects
110 proposals, 18 countries, and many different ways of understanding photography. After weeks of reviewing and discussing the submissions, we are now ready to share the projects that will form part of the different calls and activities of Pa-ta-ta Festival 2026.
The response to this year’s call has exceeded our expectations. We received 110 proposals from 18 countries, with projects addressing a wide range of social, territorial and personal realities and approaching photography through very different perspectives and languages.
Germany, Angola, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, the United States, Spain, France, India, Iran, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, Uruguay and Venezuela are represented in a call that once again highlights Pa-ta-ta’s international character and its commitment to creating encounters between different perspectives and contexts.
26 selected projects
After carefully reviewing all the submissions, 26 projects have been officially selected to take part in the three calls launched by the festival this year: the Social Impact Photography Award, the Afternoon Reviews and Photobooks for Change.
Social Impact Photography Award
The four projects selected for the Social Impact Photography Award are:
- Héroes del brillo — Federico Estol
- La pérdida — George Ramos
- El salto — Jose Lorrüe
- Beyond the Gallop — Philipp Treudt
After-lunch Portfolio Reviews
The ten projects selected to take part in the After-lunch Portfolio Reviews are:
- Inconclusive — Nerea Lakuntza
- Les Trementinaires — Silvia Prió
- Clamor — Carlos Sánchez Gómez
- Espiral — María Torija
- Niño tonto — George Ramos
- La teoría de mis Albertos — Lucía Morón
- Leviatán — Cani Galán Lorente
- Elegía para una casa — Maya Valencia Arbona
- I Hate My Mother — Anne-Laure Kesteman
- Si el sol llegara a oscurecer y no brille más — Joseph Ladrón de Guevara Coca
The After-lunch Portfolio Reviews are part of a collaborative network of festivals, cultural centres, photography platforms and other organisations dedicated to contemporary photography. One winning project will be selected from among the participating works and will have the opportunity to become part of the programmes of the different organisations represented in this network.
Photobooks for Change
For the first edition of this call, dedicated to the photobook as a space for reflection and dialogue, twelve projects have been selected:
- Gypsy Witches — Silvia Prió
- La Linière — Shyam Ganju
- Pancolono — Jesús Javier Guisado Rodrigo
- The Buzzer — Miguel Proença
- Territorio a cuatro caminos — Miguel Moya
- Ovo — Calebe Simoes
- Arrabal — Pep Pérez Castelló
- La pérdida — George Ramos
- Tomate — Sergio Aritmendiz Perez
- Terreno edificable — Candela Henarejos Mas
- Draw Your Future — Enrico Migotto
- Un luogo bello — Alessandro Mallamaci
The selection brings together projects that explore different realities and issues through the photobook format, once again highlighting its potential to construct narratives, raise questions and create spaces for conversation.
And this is not the end
There is something important we would like to highlight: the selection of these 26 projects does not mean that the other proposals received are excluded from the festival.
Throughout the review process, we came across many projects that, although they are not part of the official selections, particularly caught our attention and could fit into other activities within Pa-ta-ta Festival 2026.
For this reason, over the coming weeks we will remain in contact with some of the participating artists to explore possible collaborations and ways of incorporating their projects into the programme.
In total, up to 42 projects may have some form of presence or involvement in Pa-ta-ta Festival 2026, either through the official calls or through their participation in other festival activities.
Continuing to build the festival
The number and diversity of the proposals received made the selection process particularly challenging. We would like to thank everyone who trusted Pa-ta-ta and shared their work with us.
For us, a call does not necessarily end with a list of selected projects. It is also an opportunity to discover new work, encounter different ways of seeing and build connections that can continue beyond a single festival edition.
A new stage now begins: working together with the selected artists and continuing to shape a programme that we want to be diverse, open and connected to the realities around us.
See you this autumn in Granada.
