When is MiradasDoc 2026?

Round-ups of the Canary audiovisual year reported by Canarias Times and La Voz de Lanzarote, among others, give 8 to 12 September 2026 in Guía de Isora.

The sources reviewed do not establish this. Neither a price list nor a commitment to free admission could be found — check directly with the festival.

Which films are showing this year?

No confirmed 2026 selection is available, so no titles, directors or jury members are named here.

What is the MiradasDoc Market?

The festival's industry strand. Programa Ibermedia describes it as aimed at production companies seeking financing for documentary projects.

Is MiradasDoc the same as DOCanarias?

No. DOCanarias is a separate festival in Puerto de la Cruz in the north of the island, running in the same window in 2026.

GUÍA DE ISORA · TENERIFE · FILM

MiradasDoc in Guía de Isora: Tenerife's documentary festival

MiradasDoc, the international documentary film festival of Guía de Isora in south-west Tenerife, is diaried for 8 to 12 September 2026. Those dates appear in round-ups of the Canary audiovisual year 2026 reported by outlets including Canarias Times and La Voz de Lanzarote.

2 September 2026 · By Julia Roca Bethencourt · 6 min

Cinema auditorium with screen (illustrative)

Photo: JOHN K THORNE, Public domain (Symbolbild).

No official programme announcement from the festival or the municipality could be found in the sources reviewed before publication. This guide therefore sets out what MiradasDoc is, why a small municipality hosts a festival with international standing, and what visitors should confirm for themselves before travelling.

What MiradasDoc is

MiradasDoc is the Festival Internacional de Cine Documental of Guía de Isora — documentary only, with no fiction strand. The calendar reports describe its profile as documentary cinema on social themes, with particular attention to work from countries of the global south.

The Biblioteca de Canarias database credits the writer Alejandro Krawietz as the festival's founder and director. The event has been running for roughly two decades, but no reliable source among those reviewed states which edition 2026 is. For that reason no edition number is given here.

Why a small municipality hosts it

Guía de Isora sits well away from the archipelago's cinema hubs: not Santa Cruz, not Las Palmas, but a comparatively small municipality between upland farmland and the coast in south-west Tenerife, taking in villages such as Playa de San Juan and Alcalá. That a festival of international reach grew here is a product of municipal cultural policy rather than market size.

The pattern is not unique in the Canaries — from Los Silos to Tazacorte, small councils carry festivals that are noticed far beyond their island. MiradasDoc went a step further by building an industry arm alongside the public screenings.

Competition, market and industry strand

The professional core of the festival is the MiradasDoc Market. According to a description published by Programa Ibermedia, it is aimed at production companies with documentary projects looking for financing — that is, pitching, co-production and market contacts, not just an audience programme.

Awards at recent editions, as reflected in the available sources, have covered categories including documentary features, first films, documentary shorts, Spanish documentaries and pitching projects. Which films, directors or jury members are involved in 2026 does not emerge from the sources reviewed, so no titles and no names are given here for this year.

The unresolved question of prize money

One open dispute belongs in the picture. Europa Press reported on 11 March 2026 that MiradasDoc prizewinners were claiming unpaid prize money from the 2022, 2023 and 2024 editions totalling 47,500 euros — on that account 19,000 euros each for 2022 and 2023, and 9,500 euros for 2024.

According to the report, a formal complaint was filed on 29 November 2024, and the Diputación del Común, the Canary ombudsman's office, asked Guía de Isora council for a report in November and again in January before reminding it of its legal duty to cooperate. No public response from the council or the festival's management could be located in the sources reviewed.

Going: what is settled and what is not

All that the available reports settle is the place and the window: Guía de Isora, 8 to 12 September 2026. Which venues are used, whether entry is free or ticketed, and how accredited industry visitors take part could not be verified. Anyone planning to attend should confirm those points through the festival's official channels and those of Guía de Isora council.

Getting there is usually by hire car along the TF-1 southern motorway from Tenerife South airport, or by TITSA public buses, known locally as guaguas. One planning note: in exactly the same window, 8 to 12 September 2026, Puerto de la Cruz in the north of the island hosts DOCanarias, a separate festival. The two are easy to confuse.

Practical tip: If you want to take in both documentary dates, budget for the drive — Guía de Isora is in the south-west, Puerto de la Cruz in the north of Tenerife.
For DOCanarias, Diario de Avisos reported in August 2026 that seats had gone on sale for around a dozen films at two to three euros, and that the festival is marking 20 years of reality cinema from the archipelago.

Careful with unconfirmed details: venues, edition number, jury, film selection and admission rules for MiradasDoc 2026 are deliberately not stated here — the sources reviewed do not support them.
A dispute over unpaid prize money from the 2022 to 2024 editions also remains open (Europa Press, 11 March 2026). Check directly with the organisers before travelling, seeking accreditation or submitting a film.

Key facts

Dates per calendar reports (Canarias Times, La Voz de Lanzarote): 8 to 12 September 2026
Location: Guía de Isora, south-west Tenerife
Profile: international documentary festival with a social focus
Industry arm: MiradasDoc Market, for documentary projects seeking financing (description: Programa Ibermedia)
Founder and director per Biblioteca de Canarias: Alejandro Krawietz
Open dispute: 47,500 euros in unpaid prizes from 2022, 2023 and 2024 (Europa Press, 11 March 2026)
Concurrent but separate: DOCanarias in Puerto de la Cruz, 8 to 12 September 2026

FAQ

When is MiradasDoc 2026?: Round-ups of the Canary audiovisual year reported by Canarias Times and La Voz de Lanzarote, among others, give 8 to 12 September 2026 in Guía de Isora.
Is entry free?: The sources reviewed do not establish this. Neither a price list nor a commitment to free admission could be found — check directly with the festival.
Which films are showing this year?: No confirmed 2026 selection is available, so no titles, directors or jury members are named here.
What is the MiradasDoc Market?: The festival's industry strand. Programa Ibermedia describes it as aimed at production companies seeking financing for documentary projects.
Is MiradasDoc the same as DOCanarias?: No. DOCanarias is a separate festival in Puerto de la Cruz in the north of the island, running in the same window in 2026.

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