The Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival (Spanish: Festival Internacional de Cine de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) is an international film festival that is held in Las Palmas in the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. The festival takes place every year. It was first held in 2000.
The seats for the festival is held in the cultural centre in all of the city, the Alfredo Kraus Auditorium, Centro Iniciativas de la Caja de Canarias (CICCA), Multicines Monopol, Gabinete Literario and the Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (Modern Arts of the Central Atlantic).
The 8th annual Las Palmas de Gran Canarias International Film Festival is on March 16–24, 2007.
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