Recent Projects
Here are some of the most interesting projects we have recently done at Film!CanaryIslands. To see what we are up to day-to-day, please visit our Facebook Page
September 2019
In September we looked after Harper's Bazaar Russia's photo shoot in Tenerife with Italian photographer, Stefano Galuzzi, and US model, McKenna Hellam.
The majority of the photography took place in the spectacularTeide National Park, and we were pleased to see it made the front cover of November's issue.
Photo Producer: Ksenia Stepina; Service Producer: Norbert A Schilling
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May 2019
In May we were working with the German TV station, ZDF, on the island of La Palma, assisting them with their coverage of the 2020 Transvulcania race.
Transvulcania is one of the toughest trail running races of the world, with a distance of 74.33 kilometers and 4,350 meters total uphill and 4,057 meters total downhill.
We provided the permits and logistics to allow the crew to follow the race from different vantage points. Our drones also captured the action from the air.
Service Producer: Norbert A Schilling; Drone Pilot: Aleksander Pejovic
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March 2019
During March we were busy in Lanzarote seting up and shooting a Mercedes commercial with Leithaus Filmproduktion from Stuttgart, Germany.
Executive Producer: Andreas Kunert; Line Producer: Alex Loës; Director: Roman Kuhn; DoP: Jens Harms; Drone Pilot: Aleksander Pejovic; Service Producer: Norbert A Schilling.
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March 2019
In March we worked on the station promos and idents for RTL Germany's version of Love Island. The script involved an aeroplane filled with young and beautiful people departing a rainy German airport, jetting off to a wrm tropical island and landing beside the pool at a luxury villa! To acheive this we used the training section of an aircraft belonging to a flight school in Tenerife and for the aircraft by the pool we had to construct a large section of the plane with steps down to the pool.
Producer: Michael Hock; Director: Monty Kreiskoether; DoP Andy McLeod
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February 2019
In February we were host to the American TV show "Ocean Treks" starring Jeff Corwin. The series which sees the presenter travelling the world on a cruise ship, docked in Tenerife to shoot an episode of this successful series. We prepared some exciting subjects for Jeff, including SCUBA diving for angel sharks, visiting the Anthropological Museum to learn about the Guanche Mummies of Tenerife, and finally a trip over to La Gomera to visit a traditional cheese making farm.
Presenter: Jeff Corwin; Producer/Directors: Jeanette Jolley & Cynthia Goitia. Service Producer: Norbert A Schilling
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February 2019
February saw our team working on a very ambitious script for the ID Buggy, an electric concept car from VW.
The film was shot in multiple locations around Tenerife, including Teide National Park and the town of La Laguna, both UNESCO world heritage sites.
Executive Producer: William Good; Line Producer: Fabian DiKmann; Director: Sylvia Borges; DoP: Leif Thomas; Service Producer: Norbert A Schilling
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May 2018
One of the most amazing and bizarre projects we have recently been part of was the launching of the first underwater winery in the Canary Islands.
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May 2018
An intense but fun shooting of a children´s pool party for Best Way.
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April 2018
We swam (and filmed) the first affordable underwater drone of the market.
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May 2018
The brand Italia Independent visited Tenerife for a photo shooting to promote their sun glasses. Our production team took charge and organized the production in a very special villa in the area of Tacoronte with an amazing infinity pool!
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January 2018
As a way of exploring new ways of communicating and fitting our clients needs we have been testing 360º videos.
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January 2018
Some of the underwater scenes of this featured documentary, based on the challenge of marathon swimmer Beth French of crossing the seven most dangerous sea-channels in the world, were shot in Tenerife by our underwater cameraman, Andy McLeod, using our RED Dragon underwater housing.
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December 2017
Thomas Cook trusted us again to show the beauty and excitements of a holiday in Tenerife.
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November 2017
French branch of Decathlon visited Tenerife to film a commercial for their new triatlon brand, Aptonia. We guided them to the best running, biking and swimming spots of the island.
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November 2017
Our underwater filming team took part in the aquatic scenes of this spectacular commercial.
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March 2017
Every once in a while we get presented with a project that is really quite special. At the end of last year we were contacted by Beth Wightman from W Productions in London, to work with them on the launch videos and photography for the new Rolls Royce Dawn Black Badge.
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March 2017
Patricia McMahon Photography Ltd from London, contacted us to organise a photo and video shoot for Style.com with photographer, Jesse John Jenkins. They wanted to shoot at the incredible green lagoon - a natural phenomenon in the cove of El Golfo, Lanzarote, with top model, Sofia Fanego.
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January - March 2017
We were approached by 3C Metals, a heavy engineering company based in Dubai, to film and photograph their construction project on-board an oil drilling vessel, The West Capella, which fas being refitted in Santa Cruz harbour, Tenerife.
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February 2018
Jupiler requested us to be part of this commercial dedicated to the Belgium national team. We supported the shooting in several areas of Tenerife with the Belgium athletic team, motorists, dogs and a bull included.
Producer: Nele Carlier; Director: Billy Pols; DoP:Frank van den Eden; Production Company; Czar Belgium
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November 2016
When the treatment for this project arrived in our inbox from London production company, Pretty Bird, we knew this was going to be a big challenge to pull off; hundreds of inflatable toys, many of them animated, enjoying their very own pool party! We found the perfect location, a large, luxury villa in the heart of Playa de las Americas, which offered the right style, a great pool and enough space to accomodate the large amount of crew and equipment we needed.
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July 2016
Faszination Universe is a major new TV series from German broadcaster, ZDF, presented by the renowned physicist, Professor Harald Lesch. The series was shot all over the world, but came to Tenerife for a week to shoot a series of links with Professor Lesch.
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July 2016
Dactah Chando is a popular reggae artist from Tenerife, who is enjoying a growing level of international acclaim. To accompany his new single, "Alto Grado" in Germany, local record label, Achinech, approached us to make a video for the song.
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April 2016
Production company Wanda London contacted us looking for local production services for a new music video for Tam Cooper and his song "Be Bold". The story was set on a beach, so we chose Playa Teresitas in the north of Tenerife, famous for it's white sand and palm trees close to the sea.
We were joined from London by producers Abi Hodson & Evonne O´Rourke, director James Lees & DoP Benjamin Roux, who were supported by our crew of 20 plus.
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February 2016
In February we again had the pleasure of working for Producer Jess Bell, from London Alley, this time on a series of TV idents for Thomson Holidays, sponsor of the TV show "First Dates".
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January 2016
We were contacted by Roar Creative who wanted to do a photo shoot the the shoe brand Schuh, at the spectacular Magma Arts and Congress Centre in south Tenerife.
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January 2016
Summer Cem, one of the most popular acts on the German rap scene, came to Tenerife to shoot a video for his latest release "Farid Bang". The video, directed by Daniel Zlotin from Street Cinema in Berlin, featured action sequences including hanging from a helicopter and shoot outs. Lot's of fun!
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January 2016
BMW contacted us to provide the crew and equipment to film their TV commercial.
They brought their own steadycam/Blackmagic while we provided our Red Dragon and filmed just outside the village of Tajao.
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