Page 10 - CMN1_web

FOCUS

CANARY ISLANDS

Facts &

figures THE CANARY ISLANDS:

● The Canary Islands: seven AN AUDIO VISUAL
main islands and six islets © DR
off the west coast of Africa
● Country: Spain El Cuaderno de Sara
● Official language: Spanish PARADISE
● Population: 2,118,679
● Capital city: there are two,
Las Palmas de Gran
Canaria and Santa Cruz de ADVERTISING, MOVIE AND TELEVISION PRODUCERS FROM HOLLYWOOD,
Tenerife SPAIN AND EUROPE CONTINUE CHOOSING THE ATLANTIC ARCHIPELAGO
● Average in Summer: 23º C
● Average in Winter: 19º C AS A FILMING LOCATION THANKS TO ITS MANY ECONOMICAL,
● Hours of natural light GEOGRAPHICAL AND CLIMATIC ADVANTAGES.
per year: 4,800
● Highest point: Volcano Teide
on Tenerife, 3,718 m By Alfonso Rivera, Cineuropa.org
(12,198 ft)
● Shot in 2017: 32 shoots
— 18 feature films, seven
series and seven HOEVER has vacationed in the Canary positively affect the local economy and create jobs for
documentaries, 20 of Islands has enjoyed the eternal spring that professionals in the sector.
which are Spanish and 12 the inhabitants know well, as well as its The locations most frequented by filming crews in the
are foreign productions spectacular light and varied geography, islands were Tenerife (with 10 films), Gran Canaria
Wwhere beach, mountain, forest and (another 10), La Palma (five), Fuerteventura (four),
volcanic plains alternate. They will also have seen the many Lanzarote (two) and El Hierro (one). Of these productions,
hotels and hospitality on offer. For the world of audio-visual 18 were films (one of these, animation), seven were
production, the advantages increase with the incentives documentaries, and the other seven were series, (two
received by those filming in this lucky Spanish archipelago, animated), including the internationally successful Black
where more and more specialised film professionals and Mirror. The 20 Spanish productions included Yucatán, the
technicians are located. new movie from Daniel Monzón, director of El Niño; and
Filming in Tenerife, Gran Canaria or another of the El Cuaderno de Sara, a box office success starring Belén
beautiful islands has become, in the last few years, a Rueda. International productions totalled 12, including
common practice of audio-visual companies from all over the latest instalment in the Star Wars saga, Solo: A Star Wars
the world, with Hollywood leading the way. This is shown Story, from Ron Howard, who has previously filmed in the
by the numbers: in 2013, 10 productions were filmed in region for In The Heart of The Sea; and the fantasy movie
the Canaries and in 2017 this number increased to 32, from Terry Gilliam, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The
Fuerteventura, the second largest including films, TV series and documentaries. To this you revenue generated in the Canaries through these
of the Canary Islands © DR can add videos, commercials and photo sessions that productions exceeds more that €30m, with more than a

10 NEWS