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DAY 1
Tuesday 8 May 2018

FIVE PRODUCERS TO WATCH

SEBASTIÁN ÁLVAREZ The Sea Stares at Us from Afar, by Manuel Muñoz
Rivas, and Dead Slow Ahead, by Mauro Herce.
CEO and executive producer of Volcano Films, Now he is preparing White on White, directed by FIVE UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS
created in 1994, Álvarez has been executive Theo Court, which has had the support of the
producer of documentary Desamparados, Hubert Bals Fund (Rotterdam IFFF).
directed by María Cuenca; director of
production of Evolution, by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, DARÍO SÁNCHEZ WHITE ON WHITE
special jury prize-winner at the 63rd San
Sebastian Festival; and associate producer for Sánchez is the general director of 3 Doubles A fi lm directed by Theo Court and produced
Chaotic Ana, by Julio Medem, starring Manuela Producciones, the animation company that is by El Viaje Films (Spain), Don Quijote Films (Chile),
Vellés and Charlotte Rampling. working on the 3D Hallowaiian, an episode for Pomme Hurlante Films (France) and Rinkel Films
the BBC’s Interstellar Ella, and four episodes of (the Netherlands), to be shot in Tenerife and
ANDRÉS SANTANA a Dutch series called Daily Fables. His career Lanzarote. The epic movie, set in Tierra del Fuego
highlights include his collaboration with Clan in the early twentieth century, features a
Santana is one of the veteran producers of TV, producing video game Ginger: Beyond The photographer fascinated by a young girl.
Spanish cinema. His work includes Carol´s Crystal, the fi lm Deep and Nella The Princess
Journey, from Imanol Uribe; Secrets of the Knight for Nickelodeon.
Heart, by Montxo Armendáriz, and Blackthorn, IRON
from Mateo Gil. Among his latest work to be CHEDEY REYES (JUGOPLÁSTIKA)
fi lmed in the Canary Islands comes the epic A TV series produced by Portocabo, Atlantique
Nobody Wants The Night, by Isabel Coixet, In 2003 Reyes founded the production company Productions and Movistar, directed by Jorge Coira
starring Juliette Binoche, which opened Dachefa Audiovisuales, where he produced the and located mainly in El Hierro. The drama series,
Berlinale 2015. animated series Cool City. In 2007 he founded, comprising eight 52-minute episodes, features
together with two friends, the production crime and investigation against the backdrop
JOSE ALAYÓN company Machango Studio, which makes the of volcanic eruptions, and stars Candela Peña.
animated series Jonas, The Imaginary
From El Viaje Films, Alayón has shown his Adventures. He is currently immersed in the
commitment to auteur cinema by supporting series Cleo & Cuquin, directed by Fernando MIRAGE
such interesting and award-winning fi lms as Moro.
© DR A fi lm directed by Oriol Paulo (whose previous
fi lm The Invisible Guest has been a great success
in China) and produced by Think Studio, Colosé
thousand direct recruitments, not taking into account modified, keeping the following form: the investment in Producciones and Atresmedia Cine in association
extras or suppliers. The numbers relating to revenue and Spanish productions or co-productions of feature films with Warner Bros. Spain and in collaboration with
jobs are even greater, but may not be known due to the lack and audio-visual fiction, animation or documentary series Netfl ix. Filmed in Gran Canaria, the supernatural
of data available to the Film Commissions. “We doubt if in the Canaries could receive a fiscal credit of 45% of the thriller stars Javier Gutiérrez (winner of two Goya
we will remain in Madrid and when we posted a job offer, first million (25% in the Peninsula) and 40% of the excess awards), Adriana Ugarte and Chino Darín, and was
many wanted to come to the Canaries. We received 300 of said amount (20% in the Peninsula). The deduction is written by the director with his regular collaborator
CVs, including from England, Canada and Spaniards living limited to €5.4m. Lara Sendim.
abroad,” says Darío Sánchez, founder in 2017 of the
animation company 3 Doubles Producciones. “Now, we THE CANARIES’ ADVANTAGE
are 60 workers. 60% of our team is from abroad, but 40% Likewise, the investment in international productions of PARADISE HILLS
is from the Canary Islands, and this is increasing, as every feature films can receive a direct deduction of 40% of
day here in the islands, there are more specialised expenses carried out in the Canaries territory (20% in the An American sci-fi thriller directed by Alice
technicians in all audio-visual areas.” Peninsula), limited to €5.4m. The Canaries archipelago, Waddington (who directed the award-winning short
due to its distance from the Spanish Peninsula, as well as fi lm Disco Inferno), produced by Nostromo Pictures
ONE STOP SHOP its fragmentation, has been declared an Ultra-peripheral and Good Universe, located in Gran Canaria.
Since 2015, the Canaries have carried out a joint effort to Region, and has its own economical and fiscal system, that The script is written by Brian DeLeeuw (executive
promote themselves as an excellent location for films as a counts on the recognition of Europe as much as that of the producer of Some Kind Of Hate) and Nacho
unified territory with a unique window for consultation Spanish Government and allows it to enjoy the fiscal Vigalondo (director of Colossal), and takes place
and information. This initiative comes under the Canary advantages. The deductions that apply to the investments in a boarding school for diffi cult girls who are trying
Islands Film (CIF) brand, co-ordinated by the Audio- in audio-visual production will be 80% greater than those to reform. The cast includess of Eiza González,
visual Department of the Government of the Canaries, of the Peninsula, with a minimal difference of 20 Emma Roberts and Milla Jovovich.
which forms part of the distinct Film Commissions of the percentage points, therefore the Canaries can always offer
islands, including the Canary Islands Special Zone (ZEC), 20 more points than the Peninsula territory.
that allows the establishment of enterprises in the region Additionally, says Natacha Mora, co-ordinator of Canary MILK MEN
benefiting from a low rate (4%) in Corporation Taxes. In Islands Film, “of these direct deductions, the Canary
2014 six were reported, and in the latest tax year it has archipelago offers another two incentives applicable to A full-length fi lm directed by short fi lmmaker and
more than doubled to14. There is great interest from filming in the Canaries: Interest Free Rate IGIC (IVA documentary maker David Pantaleón, and produced
animation producers, as 10 of these are now installed in Canary) for all the shipment and importation of goods by Canarian company Volcano Films and France’s
Tenerife and Gran Canaria, generating an average of 250 and provision of services bound for the execution of audio- Noodles Production. Due to be shot in
long-term jobs. visual works; and the Canary Islands Special Zone (ZEC) Fuerteventura and Tenerife, the story is an arid
It should be noted that since June 2017, an increase in the permits an enterprise that develops activities related to the and modern Western with a non-professional cast
incentives applicable to audio-visual productions set out audio-visual sector to establish themselves as a ZEC entity — and an important goat presence.
in the Law of the General Budget of the State.Sections 1 and pay a reduced tax rate of 4% of the Corporate Tax
and 2 of Article 36 of the Corporation Tax Law were (while it is 25% on the Peninsula). ✦

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