The Canary Islands will host another major international attraction this year. Under the direction of the prestigious Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski, The Island will take two famous American actors to the island of Tenerife: Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara. Actors, who are also a couple in real life, come to Santa Cruz de Tenerife to bring a couple to life in fiction.
While dates and specific locations for this new shoot have yet to be announced, there was firm confirmation yesterday that production will end in Tenerife. The sources referenced on this subject said, “We are in the first talks to determine the days.”
The first hint that this new attraction may have chosen the Canary Islands emerged last Thursday in the middle of Holy Week. One of the Twitter followers of the Oscar-winning actor, @jphoenixupdates, gave the news as follows: “Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara will film Pawel Pawlikowski’s The Island in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.”
Apart from the approval of the shootings, the only information that has emerged so far is that Sur Film will be the local company that will be tasked with providing the necessary support to international production companies in Tenerife. So the technical team will be mostly Canarian. Sur Film is already experienced in this kind of work. It’s no surprise that his résumé includes movies like Doctor Who, Fast & Furious, Jason Bourne, In the Heart of the Sea, The Wicher or Wonder Woman 1984. In other words, this Canarian production company has been – and very actively – involved in nearly every international film shoot that has stopped in the Archipelago so far.
Also, the arrival of Polish Pawel Pawlikowski in Tenerife is great news in itself. He is perhaps one of the most interesting film directors to ever pass through the Canary Islands. This screenwriter and film director is responsible for Ida (2013), the first Polish production to win an Oscar for best foreign language film, as well as being a real bombshell. Another of his great achievements was the Cold War tape in 2018.
Set in the 1950s, the film is partially based on the lives of the director’s parents. It was the big winner at the European Film Awards that year, where it won awards for best film, best director, screenwriter and best editing. for him, Pawlikowski was awarded the best director award at Cannes. It was also recognized in Goya and received three Oscar nominations.
The film, which will be shot on the Tenerife scene, turned out to be a thriller, written and directed by Pawlikoski himself, in which he will tell the story of an American couple who decide to get away from the hectic life of the city. Build your own paradise on a deserted island. There, they’ll live off the land until a millionaire decides to build a luxury hotel on the island. The story takes place in the 1930s and is inspired by real events.
The Canary Islands will host another major international attraction this year. Under the direction of the prestigious Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski, The Island will take two famous American actors to the island of Tenerife: Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara. Actors, who are also a couple in real life, come to Santa Cruz de Tenerife to bring a couple to life in fiction.
While dates and specific locations for this new shoot have yet to be announced, there was firm confirmation yesterday that production will end in Tenerife. The sources referenced on this subject said, “We are in the first talks to determine the days.”
The first hint that this new attraction may have chosen the Canary Islands emerged last Thursday in the middle of Holy Week. One of the Twitter followers of the Oscar-winning actor, @jphoenixupdates, gave the news as follows: “Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara will film Pawel Pawlikowski’s The Island in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.”
Apart from the approval of the shootings, the only information that has emerged so far is that Sur Film will be the local company that will be tasked with providing the necessary support to international production companies in Tenerife. So the technical team will be mostly Canarian. Sur Film is already experienced in this kind of work. It’s no surprise that his résumé includes movies like Doctor Who, Fast & Furious, Jason Bourne, In the Heart of the Sea, The Wicher or Wonder Woman 1984. In other words, this Canarian production company has been – and very actively – involved in nearly every international film shoot that has stopped in the Archipelago so far.
Also, the arrival of Polish Pawel Pawlikowski in Tenerife is great news in itself. He is perhaps one of the most interesting film directors to ever pass through the Canary Islands. This screenwriter and film director is responsible for Ida (2013), the first Polish production to win an Oscar for best foreign language film, as well as being a real bombshell. Another of his great achievements was the Cold War tape in 2018.
Set in the 1950s, the film is partially based on the lives of the director’s parents. It was the big winner at the European Film Awards that year, where it won awards for best film, best director, screenwriter and best editing. for him, Pawlikowski was awarded the best director award at Cannes. It was also recognized in Goya and received three Oscar nominations.
The film, which will be shot on the Tenerife scene, turned out to be a thriller, written and directed by Pawlikoski himself, in which he will tell the story of an American couple who decide to get away from the hectic life of the city. Build your own paradise on a deserted island. There, they’ll live off the land until a millionaire decides to build a luxury hotel on the island. The story takes place in the 1930s and is inspired by real events.