A total of 36 new audiovisual projects, including feature films, series, animation, documentaries and short films, will receive support from the Government of the Canary Islands.
The selection has been made through three public calls organized during 2024 by the General Directorate of Cultural Innovation and Creative Industries, aimed at projects in both the development and production phases, as well as minority co-production. The investment as a whole is 2,800,000 euros.
The projects that will receive a grant have been chosen by three committees of experts. The list can be consulted in the Announcement Board.
In Production, eight projects are subsidized, out of a total of 24 submitted, which correspond to fiction films, animation and documentaries, many of them focused on Canarian themes. The production companies will have until 2027 to finalize their proposals, and may receive payment in advance in installments.
In the Development section, twelve projects are supported among a total of 48 submitted; while in the Short Film Production category, ten have been selected among 37 submitted.
In addition to this, for the second consecutive year, there is support for Minority Co-production, which encourages Canarian production companies to benefit from collaborating with those from outside the islands. In this category, six projects have been selected from a total of 10 submitted.
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The films selected in Production are the documentary feature films: 'Ultraperiferia (Canarias, Europa)', directed by Carlos Dorta; 'Las revoltosas', by Pedro Ayose and 'Ubuntu', by Eduardo Cubillo; and the fiction films 'Lennon no estuvo aquí', by Juanma V. Betancort; 'Bilateral', by Manuel Arango; 'Lejoscerca', by María Abenia: 'Me cago en el amor', by José Víctor Fuentes and 'No estamos solos', by Ángeles Reiné.
Of these, six are directed or co-directed by Canarian people, three by women, and four are directorial debuts. Three of the projects selected in Production obtained a Development grant in previous editions within the calls organized by the Government.
In Minority Co-production there is the documentary 'El niño y el tiburón', by Chía Florez, and the animated film 'Rock Bottom', by Rodolfo and Rafael Riva Palacio. The other titles correspond to the fiction feature films 'Beatriz, la mujer', by Lav Diaz; 'El mundo es nuestro', by Francisco Márquez; 'Asesinato en Bajamar', by Viviana Calo; and 'Cap de furó', by Sandra Ferrús.
In Development are the documentaries 'Semilla Negra', by Juanma V. Betancort and 'Herr Franco Must go!', by Miguel G. Morales; the animated feature film 'Cathaysa', by David Baute and the animated series 'Kepler', by Chedey Reyes.
The remaining eight are fiction: 'El jardín de té', by Gonzalo López-Gallego; 'La espina del erizo', by José Víctor Fuentes; 'Fiesta Negra', by Guillermo Magariños; 'La Cathédrale', by Eduardo Cubillo Blasco; 'Fuego en la boca', by Alois Sandner; 'Eterna', by Tommy Llorens; 'Milagro y miseria', by Marina Alberti and José Alayón and 'Especies distintas', by Laura Pérez Gómez.
The short films are the documentaries 'La niña en el espacio', by Rosa P. Almeida; 'Mi madre siempre quiso ser médico', by Daniel Herrera, and 'Abora' by Javier Cerdá; and the animated 'Signman', by Alejandro Artiles, as well as the fiction films 'En esta oscuridad', by Marina Alberti and José Alayón, 'La Marea', by Víctor Moreno; 'Sí, quiero', by Nacho Peña; 'El beso de las Vírgenes', by Chémi Pérez and Joel Cazorla; 'Las noches del error', by Jonay García and 'Empanada', by Daniasa Martín Curbelo and Marina Rúbies Ballarín.
