With the Lanzarote International Film Festival concluded, this week there are two opportunities to view the winning shorts from all categories. In addition, the La Destiladera initiative of Tenique Cultural continues to project images of the history of Lanzarote and water in Arrecife, Teguise and Yaiza.
For music lovers, the week is full of concerts, many celebrating Canary Islands Day. Acatife in Yaiza, the Cool Moon Fest in Tías, Los Sabandeños in Arrecife, Besay Pérez in Teguise and Hirari Afonso in Haría.
In the talks section, Haría hosts a conversation about the first Ambassador of Cuba and his origins in Lanzarote.
CINEMA
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Kepler Sexto B. Lanzarote Youth Cinema
Cine Juventud Lanzarote presents Kepler Sexto B, a work in which imagination becomes a refuge. Zaida is a lonely girl who lives with her stepfather in a humble neighborhood, and her peculiar neighbor Jonás, a Quixote of science fiction, who believes that his apartment is a spaceship on a strange and distant planet.
Where: El Almacén.
When: Thursday, May 29 at 7:00 p.m.
Entrance free with reservation.
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Film Festival. The winners
On May 28 and 29, El Almacén will relive the screening of the award-winning short films at the XXV Edition of the Lanzarote International Film Festival, as well as an exclusive selection of the best works that have participated in the different sections of this year. Tickets for these special sessions are now available at ecoentradas.com.
Where: El Almacén.
When: Thursday, May 28 and Friday, May 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Entrance 2 euros.
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Distillery. Lanzarote revealed
The Tenique Cultural association returns for another year with this popular initiative aimed at recovering, projecting and analyzing old films from Lanzarote. This year's theme revolves around the phenomenon of water by the hand of the Tenerife filmmaker Dailo Barco.
Where: Patio de los Alonso, Arrecife.
When: Thursday, May 29 at 8:30 p.m.
On Friday the screening will be at the Museo del Timple in Teguise at 7:00 p.m. and on Saturday it will be at the Patio de la Casa Benito Pérez Armas in Yaiza at 8:30 p.m.
Free entrance.
TALKS
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The first Ambassador of Cuba was from Lanzarote
The Cuban historian Mario Luis López Isla will talk about his latest book focused on the figure of José Morales Lemus (1805-1870), considered the first Cuban Ambassador. His birth has the appearance of a legend. His parents were from Lanzarote and some place his birth on that island, others on a ship in the high seas, since his father was the captain, and others on board this in the Cuban bay of Gibara, in Holguín.
When: Saturday, May 31, at 12:30 p.m.
Where: El Aljibe exhibition hall in Haría.
Free entrance.
MUSIC
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Acatife Group
Los Remedios Square hosts the show by the Acatife Group 'Echoes of Women'.
When: Friday, May 30 at 8:30 p.m.
Where: Plaza de los Remedios, Yaiza.
Free entrance.
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Lornoar. Cool Moon Fest
In trio format, together with Tomás LP Cruz on bass and Amilcar Mendoza on drums, Lornoar takes us on a musical journey in Eton, his mother tongue from Cameroon, as well as in French and English through a fusion of African roots and global sounds.
When: Sunday, June 1 at 8:00 p.m.
Where: Tías Municipal Theater.
Free admission until full capacity.
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Los Sabandeños
The greatest exponents of traditional music from the Canary Islands offer a concert in Arrecife.
When: Saturday, May 31 at 9:00 p.m.
Where: José Ramírez Cerdá Park, Arrecife.
Free entrance.
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Besay Pérez
The Tenerife singer Besay Pérez, one of the most recognized voices of folklore and popular Canarian music, offers the show Hablando desde el corazón, a proposal that mixes conversation and music in a format of deep connection with the public.
When: Wednesday, May 30 at 8:00 p.m.
Where: Convento de Santo Domingo, Villa de Teguise.
Free entrance.
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Hirahi Afonso
Hirahi Afonso represents a new generation of Canarian musicians who fuse tradition with innovation. Hirahi is a timplista, yes. But he is not a timplista in the traditional sense. At the age of 16 he moved to Barcelona, where he studied guitar, and has played with great artists such as Judith Neddermann or Silvia Pérez Cruz. He has won three Canary Islands music awards. Best album in 2021 and 2024, as well as best song also last year.
When: Friday, May 30 at 9:00 p.m.
Where: Haría.
Entrance free with reservation.
