Which films are showing in Lanzarote in November?
The 16th Muestra de Cine de Lanzarote runs from 19 to 29 November, organiser Tenique Cultural announces. The programme reaches the island's seven municipalities and La Graciosa.
This year's theme is Pueblos (villages, communities). It looks at memory, coexistence and changing communities, and the Oficial section shows five international feature films.
The Cabildo de Lanzarote lists two more film series for November and December. Cine Juventud Lanzarote shows the thriller The Innocents by Eskil Vogt and La acompañante by Drew Hancock, while Cine Buñuel screens Forastera, El ladrón de perros and Los niños están bien.
Cine Club Lanzarote shows Le Samouraï by Jean-Pierre Melville, together with the Noir Lanzarote Negra festival. Screenings take place at El Almacén and the Multicines Atlántida, but the announcement gives no days, times or prices.
What does the Veintinueve Trece photo festival offer?
The 11th Encuentro de Fotografía y Artes Visuales de Lanzarote, Veintinueve Trece, features Alessandra Sanguinetti, Anna Surinyach, Silvana Trevale, Rafael Arocha and Marina Speer. It opened on Monday 9 November at 19:00 at El Almacén.
On Saturday 14 November, the Flas Fiesta de la Fotografía takes over the plaza at El Almacén. The day is open to families, with children's workshops, music, instant photography, a market and a food area.
The photo collective Carretera Vieja gives a talk the same day. A documentary on the legacy of Domingo Concepción also screens.
Times and admission for 14 November are not published. The 2025 festival day ran from 10:00 to 21:00 and was free, according to that year's programme, but treat that as a guide, not a promise.
Which exhibitions is El Almacén showing?
Four exhibitions at CIC El Almacén run until 16 January 2027, says the Cabildo de Lanzarote, which presented them on 8 October. Jesús Madriñán shows large-format analogue portraits of migrants and tourists in the Cubo room, and María Rosa Aránega presents her “Atlas Lanzarote” in the Salita room.
Both artists worked during residencies at the Hotel Nautilus Lanzarote. Germán Páez shows night-time urban greenery in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Aljibe room, under the title Wild Palms.
The Sala Oscura screens Cleaning the Mirror II by Marina Abramović, a video performance from 1995. The Fundación Otazu lends it, and it opens the cycle La carne que mira, curated by Adonay Bermúdez and running until January 2028.
David Machado leads a tour of the show on Tuesday 17 November at 18:00. Further dates are 1 December at 18:00, 12 December at 12:00 and 9 January at 12:00.
Catalogue presentations are free until the hall is full, and Wild Palms is on Friday 4 December at 19:00 in the Aljibe room. Lanzarote follows on Saturday 12 December at 19:00 in the Cubo room, and the announcement gives no opening hours or admission prices.
Which readings are planned, and how do you register?
The 4th Festival de Literatura de Lanzarote runs from October to December 2026, organised by the association Picón Narrativas under the writer Carlos Battaglini. All events are free, but you must register first on the official website.
Elisa Victoria reads on Wednesday 18 November at the Casa Benito Pérez Armas in Yaiza. Manuel Vilas follows there on 2 December.
Pola Oloixarac on 5 November in Puerto del Carmen and the Combustión insular talks on 7 and 8 November in Teguise have already taken place. The Teguise venue was the Convento de Santo Domingo, which is new to the festival this year.
Laura Ferrero joined the programme later, and we do not know her date. The organisers do not say in which language the readings are held.
What else is on, and what about La Graciosa?
The Cabildo's Tradición isleña series brings the group Calicanto Tafiague to the Teleclub in Los Valles on 24 November. On 27 November the Parranda Marinera de Buches plays on the plaza of Los Remedios in Yaiza, and both concerts are free.
The Muestra de Cine also comes to La Graciosa, say the organisers. Venue, day and time are not yet published, but in 2025 one screening took place at the CSC Inocencia Páez, according to the programme booklet.
The usual route to La Graciosa is the ferry from Órzola in the municipality of Haría. We have not checked timetables and prices, so anyone planning a film night there should wait for the programme.
Jesús Machín Tavío, the Cabildo's culture councillor, sees the Muestra and Veintinueve Trece as festivals that have won their own identity. Current dates are on the official websites.