Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival (Festival Internacional de Cine de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria)

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival

Festival Internacional de Cine de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Also known as: LPAIFF, FICLPGC
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The Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival focuses on independent and non-commercial cinema, with international competitions for feature and short films alongside programmes devoted to Spanish and Canarian filmmaking. Its selection includes fiction and non-fiction, placing emerging filmmakers and unconventional work alongside retrospectives and restored film heritage.

The programme includes Canarias Cinema, Panorama España, Bande à Part, the genre strand The Freakiest Nights and Magic Lantern for families. MECAS provides an industry meeting point for almost-finished films. The festival takes place in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands, Spain. The dates for the 26th edition are 15–25 April 2027.

Country

Spain

Categories

Documentary, Feature, Short

Dates

15 April 2027 — 25 April 2027

Awards and prizes

The published competition awards include the Golden Lady Harimaguada for Best Feature Film, Silver Lady Harimaguada for the second-best feature, Best Performance, Best Short Film and the Audience Jury Award. Juries may also give special mentions. Panorama España has its own award, while Canarias Cinema presents the Richard Leacock awards for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film.

Festival rules

Published rules for the 2025–2026 production season: competitive sections accept fiction and non-fiction. Features run over 40 minutes; shorts run 40 minutes or less. The Official Sections require a Spanish premiere, excluding previous Spanish festival, theatrical, television or platform exhibition. Selected films are supplied as DCPs in their original language with Spanish and English subtitles, except where one is the original language. Panorama España does not require a national premiere but excludes works already available on Spanish VOD platforms. Canarias Cinema accepts Canarian productions or works by Canarian directors through the festival’s online form, without a Spanish-premiere requirement. Selected films must provide publicity materials and screening copies, and credit the festival and any award in subsequent publicity. These published terms concern the previous production season; 2027 entry conditions are not yet confirmed.

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