Fuerteventura Film Commission Brings Cinedfest Back to Schools Across the Island
Registration for the 13th edition of the festival remains open until March 2026.
The educational film festival Cinedfest returns to Fuerteventura for its fifth consecutive year, thanks to the support of the Fuerteventura Film Commission, which once again reaffirms its commitment to young talent and audiovisual education through this collaboration.
A total of thirteen educational centres have already joined the initiative during the current academic year, one more than in the previous edition. Registration remains open until March 2026 through the festival’s official website:
https://cinedfest.com/index.php/inscripcion
Cinedfest has established itself as an innovative educational project aimed at students across all educational levels and learning pathways, including Early Years Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Sixth Form, Vocational Training, Adult Education Centres (CEPA), Official Language Schools (EOI), Art and Design Schools (EASD), Special Education Units, associations supporting people with disabilities, universities and film schools.
The project combines specialised audiovisual training with a short film festival featuring both fiction and documentary productions created by students themselves, promoting audiovisual literacy and encouraging the use of cinema as an educational tool within schools.
Participants receive initial training from industry professionals before beginning production. Once this introductory stage has been completed, students develop their own audiovisual projects using equipment and technical resources provided through the support of the Fuerteventura Film Commission.
According to Nereida Calero, Councillor responsible for the Film Commission, students and teachers are encouraged to take part in Cinedfest, “a festival with which we have collaborated for five consecutive years as part of our commitment to bringing audiovisual language closer to the public, and in this case specifically to students.”
During the 12th edition of the festival, awards were presented to the Fuerteventura School of Art, IES La Oliva, and CEIP Valles de Ortega, highlighting the high level of creativity and talent demonstrated by students across the island.