Movies in the Canary Islands
During the last years, the audiovisual sector of the islands has been witnessed of the revaluation of the archipelago as film and advertising set. In the last years, we have seen in the archipelago film directors such as the American Ron Howard, the British Ridley Scott, the Spanish Julio Medem, Isabel Coixet and Gracia Querejeta, and actors such as Sigourney Weaver, Chris Hemsworth or Christian Bale, among many others.
To recent films shot in the Canary Islands, such as Wild Oats, Jason Bourne, Fast and Furius 6 or Clash of the Titans, we can add others like the American blockbusters The book of Exodus, shot in Fuerteventura, or In the heart of the sea, a modern adaptation of the classic Moby Dick.
Back in time, we also have to remember the British production One million years BC( 1940) shot partly in Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria; and Moby Dick( 1956), starring Gregory Peck, which was shot on the beach of Las Canteras, in the capital of Gran Canaria. This film was supposed to be shot in the island of Madeira, but because of weather problems, the big waves destroyed two models of the whale, the film crew moved to Gran Canaria at Christmas 1954 looking for good weather. Here they also found the skill of a group of artisans and carpenters who gave life to the last model of the whale Moby Dick.
Palm Trees In The Snow( Palmeras en la nieve) is a Spanish film whose plot is divided into two times: the present and the past. It was shot in Teror( Gran Canaria, Spain), in Finca de Osorio.