Festival Isla Calavera celebrates its tenth edition with an extensive programme devoted to fantasy, horror and science-fiction cinema. Screenings take place mainly at Multicines Tenerife, while the opening and closing galas are held at Teatro Leal in La Laguna.

Guests and special events

• Sean Young receives the Isla Calavera Honor Award and takes part in a special screening of Blade Runner followed by a conversation with the audience.
• Alejandro Amenábar receives an Honor Award marking the thirtieth anniversary of Tesis; the film is presented with Amenábar and actor Eduardo Noriega.
• Christopher Lambert and Tom Berenger receive Honor Awards.
• Lloyd Kaufman and Lone Fleming receive Legend of Fantastic Awards.
• Lily Hayes Kaufman presents the documentary Occupy Cannes.
• Álex García receives the S. S. Venture Canarian Talent Award.

Official feature competition

The selection comprises Tránsito, Gummy, The End of It, Upiro, 5 minutos más, Salitre, Adolescencia, sexo y muerte en Campamento Miasma, River, Corpus, Red Snow, Sicko, Ikatan Darah and Ghost in the Cell.

Official short-film competition

The programme includes The Colt Pixie, Camp Omega, Versipellis, Coeur de louve, Sail Away, Siempre hay un monstruo, Amor de padre, Ascensis, The One-Minute Problem, Plankgas, What Was Taken, Influenzer, The Hound, A Shadow Over Me, Due to Delay, Avant de rentrer…, Vampiria, Hush Little One and Tenéis que verlo.

More programme sections

The festival also features documentaries, classics, Panorama titles outside the competition, special screenings and the Hecho en Canarias showcase, with nineteen Canary Islands productions. The Fan Zone complements the cinema programme with festival activities. The official shorts competition awards the Méliès d’Argent for the best European fantastic short film.

The detailed daily screening timetable and individual age classifications are published by the organiser as they become available.