Isla Calavera Tenerife Selection 2025
Isla Calavera Fantastic Film Festival 2025: First Méliès d’Argent Selection
The Canary Islands Fantastic Film Festival Isla Calavera takes place annually in San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and has been running without interruption since 2017. It is the only festival in the Canary Islands dedicated exclusively to fantastic cinema, featuring feature and short film competitions alongside non-competitive sections and screenings of genre classics.
For the first time, Isla Calavera joins the Méliès d’Argent circuit, presenting a selection of European fantastic short films competing for the prestigious Méliès d’Argent Award. The festival combines screenings with educational activities, exhibitions, and talks, fostering the promotion of fantastic cinema both locally and internationally.
Isla Calavera Short Movie Selection 2025
This year’s shorts competing for the Méliès d’Argent are:
- TINIEBLAS – Raúl Cerezo & Carlos Moriana – Spain – 2025
- LISTEN – Javier Prada – Spain – 2025
- THE CALL – Kiko Prada – Spain – 2025
- MIERDA – David Fernández Pastor – Spain – 2025
- DE MADRID AL CIELO – Pablo Pérez – Spain – 2025
- BUITRES – Santi Alvarado – Spain – 2025
- KENOPSIA – Camille Redon, Sélène Le, Alice Hegymegi-Kiss, Grégoire Pezzulo, Fanny Belougne, Quentin Szczygiel, Adel Tebib – France – 2025
- AMIRA – Javier Yañez Sanz – Spain – 2025
- KAMARADE – Garance Valere, Valentin Okoundou, Hubert Chauvaux, Alice Bourget, Louise Laurent, Fleuriane Le Guillou – France – 2025
- HUIR – Kike Maíllo – Spain – 2025
- LA REINE – Anaelle Perthuis, Jeanne Trupin, Nour Baz, Mathilde Le Men, Liam Pavie, Lauryne Grisin – France – 2025
- TÁNATOS – Joel de León – Spain – 2025
- LA ÚLTIMA CAMPANADA – Alberto Cano – Spain – 2025
- EL REVISOR – ‘Jandro’ Alejandro López García – Spain – 2025
- EL ASPIRANTE – Sam Ortí – Spain – 2025
- RADIX – Anne Breymann – Germany – 2025
Isla Calavera continues to be a central hub for horror and fantasy cinema, and the Méliès d’Argent competition highlights the best European fantastic short films of the year. Winners will later compete for the Méliès d’Or at Sitges 2026.