Film TV & Photo Production Services
Canary Islands
We are your full service solution across
the 7 Canary Islands.
Welcome to our sunny working atmosphere!
"We are small enough to offer a custom service and yet big enough to handle a major film shoot or TV commercial".
Whether you have a small documentary production or a major advertising shoot, Film!CanaryIslands is your gateway to successful shooting on the 7 Canary Islands - Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, La Palma, El Hierro & La Gomera.
We offer:
- Full Service Production for commercials, movies, music videos, reality-shows, documentaries, photo shoots etc.
- Production company realising videos and photo shoots for the local market.
- Local camera crew, equipment and fixers for TV shoots.
- Equipment rental including camera, lenses, lighting and grip.
- Authorised drone service for all types of cameras, flown by top level pilots and operators.
- Complete underwater and marine shooting service.
- Full post production services including picture editing, audio and VFX.
Take a look around our website and if you have any further questions, please get in touch with us.
Email: mail@filmcanaryislands.com
Norbert: +34 667 774567
Andy: +34 620 002297
Canary Islands Tax Incentives
At a very generous 50%, The Canary Islands offer the international film producer one of the highest tax incentives in the world, making the islands an even more attractive location for your next movie.
Join the ever growing list of productions that have benefited from this scheme.
Canary Islands Tax Incentives
At a very generous 50%, The Canary Islands offer the international film producer one of the highest tax incentives in the world, making the islands an even more attractive location for your next movie.
Basic requirements:
· Minimum one million euros spent in the Canary Islands
· Minimum production budget of 2 million euros
· Contracting a film producer registered with the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts, (ICCA), who has his/her tax residence in the Canary Islands.
· For Animation and Postproduction the mininum spent in the Canaries is 200.000€
How does it work?
This scheme is open to foreign productions and includes feature films, documentaries, drama series and animation films.
To take advantage of the tax breaks in the Canary Islands, you would need to employ the services of a Spanish production company, with tax domicile in the Canary Islands and registered with the Instituto de la cinematografía y de las artes audiovisuales (ICAA). FilmCanaryIslands S.L. meets all these prerequisites, and has more than 10 years production experience in the Canary Islands.
The minimum amount that a producer must invest is set at 1 million euros, and the maximum amount of tax that can be returned is capped at 10 million euros, giving a maximum base limit of 22,111,111.11 euros.
Eligible expenditure is considered to be:
* Expenses in the Canary Islands directly related to the production.
* Expenditure on creative staff provided that their tax residence is in Spain or in a European Economic Area Member State (capped at 100,000€ per person).
* Expenditure on technical industries and other suppliers.
The final amount of tax, (50% on first million, 45% subsequent, of eligible expenditure) is deducted from the corporate income tax of the appointed local production company at the end of the tax period in which the production service is completed.
Once the scheme has been approved for a production, the letters of guarantee should be enough to raise capital in advance from a financial institution, if needed.
If you would like to read more please download the official brochure.
Please contact us for more information on how we can help you access these tax breaks.
What we do
Full Service Production Company
for international clients
Service Production Showreel
FilmCanaryIslands offer a FULL service solution, and our experience covers TV and cinema movies, commercials, web videos, corporate videos, documentaries, reality shows and all types of TV and photo shoots. We have very experienced crew covering ALL departments
- Location scouting, logistics & permits
- Budgeting and accounting
- Casting, crewing, accommodation & internal travel
- Equipment rental: camera, lighting, grip, drones, underwater
- Art Department, construction of sets & props buying
- Casting: all nationalities available. Actors, models, extras.
Local Production Company
creative video & photography
Villa promotional video
Using the latest technology and creative personnel, FilmCanaryIslands offers local clients a complete service for photographic and video needs.
We produce all kinds of promotional material to the highest standards, including hotel and tourism promotions, music videos, real estate and all types of corporate assignments.
We can provide:
- Location scouting, permits and permissions
- Casting of actors and models
- Script writing, development and budgeting
- Technical and production crew
- 4K cameras, accessories, lighting and grip
- Editing, colour grading, music and sound mixing
Local Camera & Sound Crew
for your production in the Canary Islands
Our work with ZDF for their show Planet E
If you are a visiting producer, director or reporter and need a local crew on the Canary Islands, our in-house team of cameramen, sound recordists and assistants are at your service.
We can work alone, remotely under your supervision, or you may wish to travel and conduct interviews and/or direct on set. Our clients include all the major broadcasters across Europe and many independent film-makers.
We work with RED cameras or Panasonic GH5 rigs and have all the usual accessories including sliders, gimbals, drones, lighting, radio mic's etc
Billy Joe Saunders interview for DAZN
Drone Service
all types of drones
Inspire 2 drone team
Our drone department is ready to take off on any cinematic assignment. We are fully licensed and insured to fly within controlled airspace, over towns and cities, and above crowds. Our pilots and operators are specialists in aerial photography, and will always endeavor to get the shots you are after. We fly several DJI Inspire 2 drones, complete with Prores & RAW licences, as well as "big-lifters" for Alexa, RED etc and the smaller DJI Mavic 2 Pro´s.
NEW FOR 2021: Cinelifter Pro8 FPV Drone for extreme flying with bigger cinema cameras such as RED and Backmagic. Using FPV goggles, this drone can top 200kmh in extreme proximity to the subject, which is ideal for dramatic car commercials and racing footage.
Drone Showreel
Underwater & Marine Unit
equipment and crew for above and below the surface
Our underwater housing for RED Gemini and anamorphic lenses
During the last 15 years our team has been responsible for planning and shooting many underwater and marine sequences for major TV dramas, movies, documentaries, music videos and reality gameshows, both in the Canary Islands and around the world.
Services Include:
- Underwater and water-surface housings and camera equipment rental
- Underwater communications and speaker systems
- Dive safety planning and marine co-ordination
- Dive teams for safety, rigging and stunts
- Safety training for actors and presenters
FilmCanaryIslands is home to the underwater DP, Andy McLeod
Andy McLeod Showreel
Post Production
a complete finishing service
Typical portable Edit Suite
FilmCanaryIslands can offer full Post Production Facilities.
These can be for long or short periods of time, located in our Tenerife base or relocated anywhere across the islands.
Services range from both Avid and Premier editing suites, right up to full Autodesk Flame VFX, finishing and grading. These can be dry hire, or with an experienced editor/artist.
Autodesk Flame Suite
New in our rental department!
Lomo Standard Speed 5 Lens Set
These special lenses were originally engineered in Soviet Russia, around 1977, and we acquired them in 2021 from an elderly Russian collector living in Berlin. They have been lovingly restored and converted to standard PL mount, so they will fit on most modern digital cinema cameras such as Alexa or RED.
With a gentle softness, delightful bokeh and rainbow flares, these lenses are ideal for commercials, music videos and dramas requiring a timeless look with interesting artefacts.
Available in a set of 5 lenses:
- 22mm T2.4
- 35mm T2.3
- 50mm T2.2
- 75mm T2.1
- 150mm T3.2
Some of our latest projects
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