The conferences of the Lanzarote Film Festival are once again presented as a unique opportunity to think, listen, and dialogue with national and international experts about a topic like water, which has been, is, and will continue to be fundamental in the history of Lanzarote and the entire planet.
A challenge that the Film Festival organization wants to address from various points of view and that will begin with the first conference taking place on Monday, November 3. That afternoon, Professor Amara Florido will present a paper 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 titled "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," listeners will discover the intrinsic and dialectical 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 Language and Literature Didactics 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 Lanzarote professor, Mare Cabrera, and will be entitled: “The Words of Water: A Tale Against Oblivion.” It will discuss the ability of the Lanzarote farmer to create an engineering around this precious commodity.
The closing of the cycle will take place on Saturday, November 8th at 12 noon in the same main hall, and will consist of a round table moderated by Jonathan Sicilia entitled: "Raw Water: Ideas for Surviving a Dystopian Future."
The lectures will be at 7:00 PM 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 debate panel will be at 12:00 PM in the Aula Magna of the UNED:
Saturday, November 8: "Raw Water: Ideas for Surviving a Dystopian Future."
