Algeciras Fantástika kicks off this Monday with film, theatre and exhibitions

Algeciras's cultural programme for next week revolves largely around Algeciras Fantástika 2026, the international festival of fantasy and horror arts, which is held from November 9 to 14, according to the Algeciras City Council. The festival opens this Monday, November 9, at seven in the evening at the Teatro Florida with the opening ceremony. At nine at night, in the same venue, «La mala madre» is screened, the first feature film in competition at this edition. On Tuesday, November 10, at twelve noon, the Museo Municipal hosts the opening of the fantasy illustration exhibition «Terror en trazoz», by José Carmona. On Wednesday, November 11, at six in the evening, the Escuela Municipal de Música, Danza y Teatro «José María Sánchez-Verdú» performs the mystery play «El pacto», and at seven the exhibition of film posters from these genres opens at the Museo Municipal.

On Thursday, November 12 and Friday, November 13, from five to eight thirty in the evening, the Museo Municipal hosts the seminar «Entender la pintura. Un curso práctico a través de la colección del Museo de Algeciras», as part of the XXIX Autumn Courses of the University of Cádiz in Algeciras. Also on Friday, November 13, from ten in the morning to twelve thirty, the Centro de Interpretación «Paco de Lucía» holds the seminar «Paco de Lucía, entre las dos aguas del flamenco y la música clásica», with a second part on Saturday. At twelve noon, the exhibition «El Viaje a la Especiería de Magallanes y El Cano», organised by the Ministry of Defence, opens at the Museo Municipal. On Saturday, November 14, from eleven in the morning to one in the afternoon, the Museo Municipal holds the workshop on prehistoric tools, the first of the «Los talleres del Museo» series. At seven in the evening, the Teatro Florida hosts the closing gala of Algeciras Fantástika 2026. The week closes on Sunday, November 15, at seven in the evening at the Florida with the play «Poncia», starring Lolita Flores. These activities are in addition to the permanent exhibitions «Zodiaco», by Guillermo Pérez Villalta, and «Imágenes del Estrecho. Colección de Antonio Viñas de Roa», at the Museo de la Navegación. The exhibition «19 lentes», by the 2nd-year Photography students of the Escuela de Arte Algeciras, can be visited until November 20 in the «Javier Muñoz» room of the Centro Documental «José Luis Cano».