This year's edition of FIRE!! will take place from June 4th to 14th, with its main venue at the Institut français de Barcelona. The quintessential LGBTIQ+ film event in the Catalan capital is no longer a showcase and is now recognized as a festival: the economic endowment of two thousand euros foreseen by the new Ventura Pons award for best feature film is the element that elevates the status of FIRE!!, an initiative launched in 1995 by Casal Lambda of Barcelona. “The percentage of LGBTIQ+ films worldwide is still lower than the ratio of non-strictly heterosexual people,” assured the festival director, Antoine Leonetti, at the presentation of the 31st edition to the media.

The Unió Esportiva Sant Andreu (UESA) is a century-old sports entity that is experiencing a sweet moment. The number of members, which was less than a thousand in 2020, has grown exponentially in the last five years and there are now more than 5,000 subscribers. The closeness between the club, players, and fans is one of the reasons that attract fans of Barça or Espanyol to adopt Sant Andreu as a second team or even as their first. Initiatives such as Avisgol, a team of older people who practice so-called walking football, further strengthen the bond between the entity and its members, especially the older ones.