November 9, 2023.- The Festival de Cine Fantástico de Canarias Ciudad de La Laguna Isla Calavera, which opens its doors from November 10 to 19 in Tenerife, offers this Saturday, November 11, from 11:00 am, at Multicines Tenerife, a new installment of the Rodar en Canarias Industry Meeting that will bring together on the island prominent producers, directors and creators with representatives of the Canary Islands audiovisual fabric.
In this space there will be an exhibition of the advantages of the Canary Islands as a film set, by Canary Islands Film and Tenerife Film Commission, and a round table with the foreign industry represented by Pascal Borno, producer of 'In the Fire', starring Eduardo Noriega and Amber Heard, which will have its national premiere at the Festival Isla Calavera; the animation film director Enrique Gato, creator of 'Tadeo Jones' and 'Atrapa la bandera'; and F. Javier Gutiérrez, director of the film 'La Espera', which participates in the Festival's Official Competition Feature Film Section.
Among the confirmed guests, there are other names such as film director Nacho Cerdá, responsible since 2010 for the film dissemination initiative Phenomena in Barcelona; director and journalist Santiago Tabernero; as well as the director of the feature film in competition 'La mesaita de comedor' Caye Casas. In the field of production, also participating will be Nicolás Matji, closely linked to animation and the films of Enrique Gato; and Alain Gillissen, Pascal Borno's partner in 'In the Fire'.
Elisabet Campoy, a decorator specializing in interior design, and Pablo Lozano, director of Cinefan Úbeda, an event related to cinema, series, comics and video games, with concerts, round tables, talks and signing sessions, are also part of the guest list.
Local industry
In addition, the Canary Islands Special Zone Consortium will be present, as well as more than thirty accredited local professionals, who will attend this fifth edition of the Isla Calavera Industry Meeting, which aims to establish itself as a reference for the presentation of opportunities and to share knowledge and experiences of filming in the Canary Islands, in order to promote the local industry and give visibility to the potential of professionals who develop their work in the archipelago.
This professional activity will allow attendees to learn in detail about the possibilities of establishing themselves in the Canary Islands and filming in the islands, both for the fantastic and diverse locations they offer, as well as for the fiscal conditions and opportunities involved. An annual meeting that brings together consolidated production companies, with their experienced and unique vision, but also open to emerging producers interested in establishing their projects in the archipelago, to discuss the challenges and opportunities presented by the current film industry and the possibilities that are revealed in a territory such as the Canary Islands.
