The Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival is set to celebrate its 25th edition with a lineup that emphasizes auteur discovery, film buff rigor, and a programming vision that keeps new work and film history in constant dialogue. The event, which runs from April 23-May 3, will feature over 100 titles including competition, retrospectives, live-score screenings and special focuses. Director Luis Miranda emphasised the importance of cinephilia in the festival's selection strategy, which focuses on the force and specificity of each film. The Official Section, which includes 10 features and 15 shorts, is the center of the design. The highest-profile special focus is for Chinese filmmaker Bi Gan, who receives the Lady Harimaguada de Honor. The festival has also changed its section for 2026, opening itself to titles already shown elsewhere in Spain or internationally, provided they have not screened in the Canary Islands.