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Who’s Driving the Canary Islands’ New Wave? A Drill-Down on Players and Banner Titles
From ‘White on White’ partner El Viaje Films to Annecy selected Tinglado, a rich selection of producer shaping Canary Islands cinema.
The Canary Islands’ newest kid on the block, founded in June 2023 by two U.S.-raised Venezuelans: Gisberg Bermúdez, director of hit chiller “Whistler: the Origins,” and actress-turned-producer Malena González, now based out of Tenerife’s San Cristobal de La Laguna. 20 years old and now pursuing various growth axes: Nursing new talent (Macu Machín, with “Undergrowth”); stepping up the ambition of productions which explore Canarian signs of identity, such as co-founder José Ayalón’s “La Lucha”; and driving into international co-production on filmmakers just one or two titles short perhaps of major auteur status (Theo Court’s “Three Dark Nights”). Launched in 1994, and over a 30 year-history, working a two-way street, producing Tenerife-born Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s best new director Goya winner “Intact” (2001), Julio Medem’s “Chaotic Ana” (2008) and Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s “Evolution” (2015) while servicing Ridley Scott’s “Exodus: Gods and Kings” (2014).
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