The Film Festival kicks off its calendar of activities with five conferences starting this Monday, November 3. To ensure the highest possible level, it has invited highly prestigious professionals in their respective fields.This is a unique opportunity to think, listen, and dialogue with great professionals of culture and thought about a topic such as water, which has been, is, and will continue to be fundamental in the history of Lanzarote and the entire planet. The first conference is by university professor Amara Florido, who will address a presentation entitled "Water as a source of energy. Infrastructures with history in the Canary Islands.” Florido has a doctorate in Art History and will speak about the different infrastructures associated with this element, scattered throughout the island's geography, most of them in a worrying state of conservation.
On November 4th, the conference will be entitled "Background Noise: Philosophy, Between the Spring and the Drain," and will be given by Iván de los Ríos, PhD in Philosophy and professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid. His presentation will focus on how philosophy has historically treated the flow of water.
The following day, November 5th, the prestigious international critic Roger Koza will analyze water from the perspective of cinema. In a conference titled "A Filmmaker Named Heraclitus," attendees will discover the intrinsic relationship between cinema and water. Through multiple examples, a cinematographic approach will be proposed regarding the possible ways of filming water.
On November 6, the public will be able to hear another point of view: "Water in the mirror of literature: navigations from Antiquity to Postmodernity." Eloy Martos, Professor of Didactics of Language and Literature at the University of Extremadura, will talk about how universal literature has been a reflection of how water has influenced different societies, from being a destructive force to an agent that fertilizes or heals.
The conference on Friday, November 7 will be given by the professor from Lanzarote, Mare Cabrera, and will be entitled: "The words of water: a story against oblivion." It will discuss the ability of the Lanzarote peasantry to create an engineering around this precious asset.
The closing of the cycle will take place on Saturday, November 8 at 12 noon in the same auditorium, and will consist of a round table moderated by Jonathan Sicilia entitled: "Raw Water: Ideas for Surviving a Dystopian Future"
The conferences will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Aula Magna of the UNED:
Monday, November 3: "Water as a source of energy. Infrastructures with history in the Canary Islands".
Tuesday, November 4: "Background noise: philosophy, between the spring and the drain."Wednesday, November 5: "A Filmmaker Named Heraclitus"
Thursday, November 6: “Water in the Mirror of Literature: Navigations from Antiquity to Postmodernity”
Friday, November 7: “The Words of Water: A Tale Against Oblivion”
The panel discussion will be at 12:00 p.m. in the Aula Magna of the UNED:
Saturday, November 8: "Raw Water: Ideas for Surviving a Dystopian Future."
