The Canary Islands International Environmental Film Festival arrives in Lanzarote with the FCM

The César Manrique Foundation (FCM) and the Canary Islands International Environmental Film Festival (FICMEC) are organizing a new edition in Lanzarote. The conference will consist of three days of audiovisual screenings on Wednesday 16, Thursday 17 and Friday 18 October, linked to ecology and nature. All screenings are free and will take place in the José Saramago Room, located in La Plazuela, Arrecife.

As in previous editions, the screening sessions will be organized in morning and afternoon sessions. The former will be exclusively reserved for the school community of the centers agreed through the Pedagogical Department of the FCM. On the other hand, on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 October, the screenings will be open to the general public, both days from 6:00 p.m.

The afternoon of Wednesday, October 16 will be dedicated to a selection of four short films: Terra Mater, Only the moon will understand, The last mouflon and Wild Summon. While on Thursday, October 17, Antartica Calling will be screened, a French documentary feature film that explores the thousands of kilometers that separate Patagonia from the South Pole through stunning images of a continent on the verge of extinction and the people who inhabit it.

FICMEC, directed by the documentary filmmaker from Tenerife, David Baute, is presented as a space for reflection on the acceleration of events and processes related to the deterioration of nature. This premise is raised through audiovisual language and is done from a place like the Canary Islands, a fragile territory, with valuable landscapes and natural resources that are threatened by being subjected to intense tourist pressure, which makes it a favorable space when reflecting on open and deep conflicts.

FICMEC takes over from the Canary Islands Ecological and Nature Film Festival, which has been held since the early eighties in Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife) and was a pioneer in Spain with regard to its theme: the first film contest in the country focused on environmental issues. Now, from a contemporary, more complex and problematic perspective, FICMEC consolidates this reflective field in the face of what has become one of the great issues that disturb and challenge our time. Since 2014, the FCM and FICMEC have jointly developed this activity in Lanzarote, which addresses many aspects related to the work and activist discourse of César Manrique.