Technical data Description and synopsis Although this film is interesting for being very typical of Spain during the late Franco era, it’s also true that it’s a minor film that will not go down in the history of cinema. Despite this, we want to highlight it because it has very interesting locations, as well as … Leer más
Technical data Description and synopsis After the filming of The Mysterious Island in 1972, this was the second film shot in Lanzarote to feature a story written by the great Jules Verne, a truly universal master of fantasy literature. In this case, this version was a Spanish production led by director, screenwriter and producer Juan … Leer más
Technical data Description and synopsis With Operation Ganymed, science fiction writer and director Rainer Erler came to Lanzarote to film a post-apocalyptic story similar to others that were later filmed here, so it can be said that this film was something of a precursor to the rich history of science fiction cinema filmed on the … Leer más
Technical data Description and synopsis The film producer Agustín Santana, winner of four Goya awards and originally from the island of Gran Canaria, returned to Lanzarote after Mararía ( 1988) to produce a comedy written and directed by Ángeles Reiné. It was the first feature film for this director from Cádiz, although she already had … Leer más
Technical data Description and synopsis Based on La Pell Freda (La Piel Fria, in Spanish), a hugely successful novel by the Catalan writer Albert Sánchez Piñol, this film was directed by the French director Xabier Gens, himself the author of another notable success with Hitman, an action film that grossed more than 100 million euros. … Leer más
Technical data Description and synopsis A very special film for many reasons, it was the first example of musical cinema shot on the island and was a huge première in the genre since it was filmed entirely in Lanzarote and is based on nothing less than the staging of the famous opera by Giuseppe Verdi: … Leer más
Technical data Description and synopsis In 2012, Spanish director Daniel Calparsoro, who specialises in thrillers, shot some scenes for Invader in Arrecife, the island’s capital. The film tells the story of a Spanish military doctor who is sent to Iraq in 2003 and, after being attacked in a routine convoy, is forced to hide and … Leer más
Technical data Description and synopsis The first film as director from the successful singer and actress Ana Belén, she chose the adaptation of a best seller by the writer and journalist, also Spanish, Carmen Rico Godoy, to make her début with this somewhat bittersweet comedy that critically reflects on the role of women when they … Leer más
Technical data Description and synopsis Lanzarote has hosted comedies, thrillers, science fiction, historical films, superhero movies, horror and even erotic films, but one of the classic genres that the island did not have to its credit before this film was made, was Westerns. The truth is that the landscape of Lanzarote is perfectly suited to … Leer más
Technical data Description and synopsis One of the advantages of filming in Lanzarote is that in a very short time it is possible to film in very different locations depending on which island of the Canary Island archipelago is chosen. The archipelago, made up of eight populated islands and several other important islets, offers volcanic, … Leer más