The International Videoclip Festival of Oviedo, known as FIVO, is set to celebrate its seventh edition from 3 to 7 November, transforming the city into a hub for music, cinema, and audiovisual experimentation. The festival will feature a blend of videoclip screenings, educational activities, professional meetings, and musical performances, with a strong emphasis on youth and artistic creation from Asturias.
Established as a key event for the videoclip format, FIVO champions this medium as a unique artistic language that merges music, imagery, narrative, and experimentation. This year’s edition also reinforces its community dimension, offering activities aimed at making audiovisual creation accessible to diverse audiences and fostering exchanges between artists, filmmakers, students, and viewers.
Programme highlights
The festival will kick off on Tuesday, 3 November, with a workshop titled Drawing cinema, painting music, scheduled for 18:00 at the Asturian Youth Institute, in collaboration with Carné Joven Asturias. Led by film curator Irene Matas de Íscar, the workshop will allow participants to engage with handcrafted cinema through direct intervention on negative film, culminating in a collective videoclip based on a song by Asturian artist Zero Castigo.
On Wednesday, 4 November, the Foncalada Cinemas will host the Young Values section at 19:00, showcasing works from new creators. This session will include videoclips such as Barro en los pulmones by Enol Villamor for Drest, Mi nombre by Lucía Corte and Elena del Frade for Troya, Diseñando miedos by Álvaro Velasco for Mirlo & Velas, and The Azerbaijani Suicidal by Iker Gil for Monito Dinero, among others.
On Thursday, 5 November, the festival will broaden its perspective with a special session of the Milán Film Club: Iconic Videoclips, dedicated to landmark videoclips in history, at 18:00 on the Campus of El Milán at the University of Oviedo. At 19:30, the Matadero Bookshop will host the open podcast Behind the Hit, a roundtable discussion on the creative and technical processes involved in making videoclips.
Recognition of female talent
Friday, 6 November, will feature two meetings with professionals in artistic and audiovisual creation. At 11:30, the CISLAN will welcome poet and audiovisual creator Sofía Castañón. In the afternoon, at 16:30, photographer and musician Javier Bejarano will participate in a talk at the Aula Escalonada of the Historic Building of the University of Oviedo. The day will continue at 17:30 with the screening of the Official Section, showcasing works such as F3160 / Peremvidék by Péter Becz and Tímea Pászjány, Wenn Das Liebe Ist by Laura Vifer for Nina Chuba, and No Lube So Rude by Peaches, among others. Later, at 19:00, Virginia Rita, a videoclip director and cinematographer, will be awarded the Woman and Videoclip Award, recognising her contributions to short films, video essays, and videoclips for various artists. The musical programme for Friday will conclude with a concert by Parquesvr at 21:00 at Tribeca Live, where the band will present their fourth album, Mitos y leyendas, released in April 2026.
Community engagement and Asturian creativity
On Saturday, 7 November, FIVO will host a vermouth gathering at 13:00 in Manglar, alongside the presentation of the collective videoclip created during the Drawing cinema, painting music workshop. At 13:30, Zero Castigo, the artistic alias of Asturian composer and performer Sara Benito, will take the stage. In the evening, the Foncalada Cinemas will showcase the Asturias Section, featuring videoclips linked to local artists and creators, starting at 18:30. The day will conclude with an awards ceremony, hosted by Asturxules, recognising outstanding works from the festival.
FIVO remains committed in this seventh edition to supporting new generations and promoting audiovisual creation. Students from CISLAN in Langreo will participate as the Youth Jury for the Official Section. Through this programme, the International Videoclip Festival of Oviedo continues to advocate for the creative potential of music and moving images, as well as the role of culture as a space for encounter and participation.
