Soccer legend Pelé kneeling to tie his boots in the seconds before kickoff at the 1970 World Cup and the Puma brand on show is a legendary image; less well known is that it was engineered by a Canary Islander. Hans Henningsen, widely cited as a father of modern sports marketing, is now the subject of … Read more
As the Canary Islands’ audiovisual sector pushes more assertively onto the international doc scene, a cluster of producers, directors and creative executives is helping to define what production there can now mean: locally grounded, varied, outward-facing and very exportable. Variety profiles some of the Canary Islands’ most important figures: David Baute Few filmmakers working in … Read more
If the Canary Islands’ audiovisual sector is increasingly pitching itself as both rooted and exportable, a handful of new and recent titles suggest why. Across cultural history, elite sport, climate emergency and intimate observational portraiture, local companies are shaping projects that start from Canarian experience and reach out from there. At the heritage end stands … Read more