Water as a symbol, memory and experience shared by the people of the island has been the common thread of the fifth edition of Destiladera. Lanzarote revealed, a project promoted by the Tenique Cultural association that, once again, has found a great reception in the different corners and municipalities in which it has been presented.
With screenings in the seven municipalities of Lanzarote and an emotional reception from the public, this edition has once again demonstrated the power of domestic cinema as a tool to connect generations and activate personal memories around the landscape and history of the island.
As a novelty, the project reached new audiences for the first time, with special sessions in three institutes —IES Las Salinas, IES César Manrique and IES Haría— and another aimed especially at the elderly in the Insular Hospital of Lanzarote jointly with the San Roque residence in Tinajo, where the images of the past generated lively conversations, recognition and emotion among those who attended. This last screening was possible thanks to the collaboration of the Department of Social Welfare, reinforcing the project's commitment to accessibility and the care of collective memory in all sectors of the population.
In each of the sessions, people linked to each locality participated, in charge of opening the colloquium sharing experiences, anecdotes and knowledge related to water, whether from the perspective of work, childhood, landscape or orality. Among those who accompanied the screenings this year are: Nona Perera and Ascención Robayna in Arrecife, Jesús Cáceres and Juana Saavedra in San Bartolomé, Ricardo Cabrera in Tinajo, Juan Cruz Sepúlveda in Tías, Rafael Curbelo in Haría, Mare Cabrera and José Farray in Teguise and Jaime Quesada in Yaiza.
“Water has allowed us to get closer to the deepest stories of the island, to the fragility of resources and to the popular wisdom that still lives in many people”, says Javier Fuentes Feo, president of Tenique Cultural. For his part, the filmmaker Dailo Barco, author of “They love water”, has underlined “the value of domestic cinema not only as a visual document, but as a trigger for listening and collective conversation”.
As is tradition, each evening concluded with a relaxed meeting between the public, accompanied by local wines and cheeses that helped to prolong the dialogue beyond the screen.
This fifth edition of Destiladera. Lanzarote revealed has been sponsored by the Culture area of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, with the support of the seven town councils of the island and the collaboration of Bodega Vega de Yuco, the AQUAL Association of Artisan Cheese Factories and SAT El Jable, consolidating a proposal that continues to grow without losing its vocation: to look at the past to rethink the present, between neighbors.
