The Muestra de Cine de Lanzarote 2026, the island’s independent film showcase, holds its 16th edition around one theme: villages. Its main days run from November 19 to 29, but screenings start touring the island on Saturday the 7th, with classic films in Playa Honda, Yaiza, Tinajo and Arrecife. It is run by the Tenique Cultural association and began in 2011.

Update pending: the organizer has not yet published the titles and times of the official section. We’ll update this article as soon as they are released.

Dates and times

The Muestra started on Tuesday, November 3, with a lecture series at the UNED university center and continues all month across the seven municipalities and La Graciosa. These are the dates confirmed so far:

Saturday, Nov 7, 7 pm · Secretos del corazón, Centro Cívico, Playa Honda.
Sunday, Nov 8, 7 pm · Los vividores, Centro Cívico, Playa Honda.
Tuesday, Nov 10, 7 pm · Tombstone, Casa Benito Pérez Armas, Yaiza.
Saturday, Nov 14, noon · Cuando yo nací gathering, Bodegas El Grifo.
Saturday, Nov 14, 7 pm · Los chicos del maíz (Children of the Corn), Teatro Municipal, Tinajo.
Friday, Nov 20, 7 pm · Cinema Paradiso, El Almacén, Arrecife.
Saturday, Nov 21, 10 am · Industry meeting on filmmaking in the Canary Islands, Islote de Fermina.
Tuesday, Nov 24 – Friday, Nov 27 · Official section.
Friday, Nov 27 · Cruce de caminos: films from the Canary Islands.

Program and activities at the Muestra de Cine de Lanzarote 2026

Each year the Trasfoco section picks a theme from island life and looks at it through films from other countries and eras. After salt, fishing and water, 2026 turns to villages: places of refuge, neighborliness and memory, and of tension too. That is why the series pairs a western like Tombstone with the rural horror of Children of the Corn and the nostalgia of Cinema Paradiso.

The official section brings together five international independent features, from Tuesday the 24th to Friday the 27th. On Friday the 27th, Cruce de caminos is given over to films by Canary Islands filmmakers or shot in the archipelago.

The Cuando yo nací gathering brings together four residents over 90, Santiago Dorta, Manuela Rodríguez, Pablo Rodríguez and Ángela Pérez, to describe village life on the island almost a century ago. Sandra Cabrera moderates, registration is free, and it is in Spanish.

From November 23 to 27, the Mirar y escuchar el territorio workshops train participants in film photography and sound with Mauro Herce, Eva Valiño and Belén López. Registration closed on November 5. The Muestra also runs a youth jury for students.

Venues and getting there

The venue changes from day to day, so check it for each session. The Centro Cívico in Playa Honda is next to the airport, in San Bartolomé, and El Almacén is in central Arrecife, on Calle José Betancort. The Islote de Fermina sits on the Arrecife waterfront. Bodegas El Grifo, in Masdache on the La Geria wine route, is a good excuse to try the wines of Lanzarote. The full program and registration are on the Muestra website.

The Muestra also reaches La Graciosa. If you are visiting, Lanzarote in November covers the weather and the plans for the month.

More events in Lanzarote this month

From November 9 to 14, Arrecife hosts the Veintinueve Trece 2026 photography gathering, in the building César Manrique founded as a cultural center. The rest of the month is in the Lanzarote cultural agenda for November 2026, with more ideas in things to do in Lanzarote.

Published: Nov 6, 2026. Official sources: Muestra de Cine de Lanzarote, Cultura Lanzarote, Cabildo de Lanzarote.