Irene Bartolomé

Panelist, Director at DIFF 2026

Irene is a filmmaker from Spain, and living in Beirut, Lebanon. Her first feature-length film, Dream of Another Summer (2026), premiered at CPH:DOX and won the NEXT:WAVE award. She has also directed the short Lunch Times (2017) and co-directed The Williamsburg Houses (2016). Both short films examine different facets of urbanism in Cairo and New York, respectively. Irene holds a BA in Film Editing from ECAM Film School, a Master’s in Creative Documentary from Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, and an MA in Film and Screen Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London.