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 .