In Garachico they tame AI to make it sustainable

It is hard to find a festival in Spain that is better woven into its environment than the Canary Islands International Environmental Film Festival (FICMEC), which for 28 years has taken place in the north of the island of Tenerife every spring. To be able to watch films in the open air, lulled by the ocean breeze and the scent of the sea, surrounded by an unreal volcanic landscape, is one of the things I have enjoyed the most in my career as a journalist and film programmer. In the Isla Baja, the existence of a corner of the world shaped by nature’s whim and the constant battle and clash between the sea and the volcanoes is celebrated like nowhere else.

And every edition of this festival celebrating nature and cinema features the best films of the year, brought in from all corners of the world. These are films that honor the environment and its protection, the heroes who defend it, and the individuals who teach us to treasure it. These films show how sustainability makes sense when it works to ease the relationship between human beings and their environment. And what an environment!

Javier Angulo. Journalist, Film Programmer, and former Director of SEMINCI.