The University Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) is once again actively participating in the 2026 edition of the Arancine film festival, held in Aranjuez. Through its Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the university will serve as one of the venues for the festival, showcasing the film ‘Miocardio’. The screening, scheduled for Friday 13 November at 18:00 in the San Carlos building, will be attended by the film's director, José Manuel Carrasco, who will engage in a discussion afterwards.
This marks the third consecutive year that the URJC has been involved in Arancine. In addition to hosting a film screening, the university will play a role in various other aspects of the festival. “We are, for the third year in a row, sponsors of the festival and specifically the Young Award of Arancine,” explained Javier Otero, director of Culture at the URJC.
Furthermore, the university's orchestra will perform at the event ‘Lights, Camera… Film’, interpreting soundtracks from films such as ‘Forrest Gump’ and ‘Gladiator’, among others. Students from the Fine Arts and Integrated Image Management programmes are responsible for designing the main award of the festival, the Falúa Award.
“The university's participation in this small but growing festival is significant, as Aranjuez is a city where we are present, and connecting with the local community through culture is a way to open the university to the public,” Otero added.
The Arancine festival began on 5 November and will conclude on Saturday 14 November, once again filling the streets of the riverside city with cinema. This collaboration, which has lasted for three years, demonstrates that the URJC extends beyond the walls of its classrooms.
