Revela’t 2024

It all started in 2013, as a one-off meeting of analogue photography enthusiasts, but it was so successful that the attendees themselves encouraged us to continue, and we are now celebrating the twelfth edition. Already in the first one we knew that we were the first festival in the world dedicated exclusively to analogue photography and that has made us a benchmark for other initiatives.

Maybe it would be better to call it chemical or even pre-digital, (although we accept some kind of hybridization, almost inevitable…) but “analogue” is the most widespread term, but what we really like is the spirit of this kind of photography, the long-lasting projects and their commitment.

Our aim is to offer a space for meeting, thought, creation… although we don’t want to focus on the processes, but on what the images and projects tell, so each edition we choose a central theme around which the exhibitions revolve. In this edition, the theme is Identity.

The most important part of the festival is the exhibitions, but there are many other complementary activities that make up a program aimed at photography and art enthusiasts in general. Many of these activities are free and are concentrated on the main weekend. They are the perfect excuse to spend a few days in Vilassar de Dalt, a small town in the Maresme area with a lot of appeal and very well connected to Barcelona (20 minutes from the centre with the 803 bus).

Since the first edition, we have achieved the complicity of renowned photographers from all over the world, which has allowed us to have exhibitions of the highest level. On the other hand, over the years we have achieved a high degree of internationalisation and a good example of this is the call for entries, where in 2024 we have received 632 projects from 59 different countries.

Since the first editions we have had the support of different institutions and public and private entities and this has allowed us to grow year after year, although unfortunately not everything is a reason to be happy. The dependence on subsidies, their terms of payment, and not being able to have sufficient economic muscle, means that at certain times of the year, we have to take out a credit policy that further reduces our economic capacity.

In the spirit of becoming more and more self-sufficient, we try to make each of the activities self-supporting and we also rely on a number of friends/collaborators/supporters who make a small annual contribution and help us to alleviate some of the festival’s funding.