Eduardo Campoy receives the CIIF Market Award – Santa Cruz de Tenerife Development Society
The producer receives recognition for his determined commitment to the industry in the Archipelago from the councillor of the Development Society of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Carmen Pérez, in an event that was a great success with the public.
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, October 16, 2024. The Víctor cinema in the capital of Santa Cruz de Tenerife hosted this Monday the presentation of the CIIF Market 2024 Award – Santa Cruz de Tenerife Development Society to the producer Eduardo Campoy and the subsequent special screening, for the first time and open to the public, of his latest film produced in the Canary Islands, Padres. The event, with a full capacity in the room, was also attended by the actors of the film Fernando Cayo, Carlos Fuentes and Angelina Stoian; in addition to the technical team, headed by its director of photography, Roberto Ríos.
Pilar Rumeu, master of ceremonies, led a simple event in which a review of the 20 years of the Canary Islands International Film Market was made; and the producer’s career. “He has produced box office hits such as The Best Summer of My Life, Until the Wedding Separates Us, Super Agent Makey, Mom or Dad or Just Once. His career highlights the production of more than ninety films, some as well-known as Un franco 14 pesetas or La niña de tus ojos. Many of them have obtained countless recognitions in different national and international film festivals, such as 92 nominations and 20 Goya Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2023 he received the Gold Medal of the Forqué Awards in recognition of his career and his passion for cinema. In 6 years, Campoy has shot 13 films in the Canary Islands and has 5 more productions in the pipeline for the remainder of 2024 and 2025. A real commitment to the industry in our islands.”
Eduardo Campoy went up on stage to unanimous applause from the audience and later received the honorary director of CIIF Market, Teodoro Ríos; the current director of the market, Guillermo Ríos, and the advisor of the Development Society, Carmen Pérez, who presented the award, a sculpture that reproduces the image of this year’s market.
Campoy thanked the award, recalling that the islands are a special place for him: “I produced Guarapo more than thirty years ago, and since then my relationship with the Archipelago has not ceased to intensify. When I began to shoot in the Islands on a regular basis, we started with 50% Canary and mainland crews. Today, 90% of the crews on my shoots are Canary, because there is the necessary specialisation and professionalism.”
Later, the guests, protagonists and professionals of the latest film produced by Campoy in Tenerife, Padres, took the stage. One after another, Fernando Cayo, Carlos Fuentes, Angelina Stoian and Roberto Ríos thanked Campoy for his work and congratulated the market on its twentieth anniversary.
On Thursday, October 17, CIIF Market will present the second CIIF Market Development Society of Santa Cruz de Tenerife award to Canarian producer Chano Álvarez, from Volcano Films, and will screen Lo Carga el Diablo, in a new free screening for the public.
Parents
The film begins when a recently divorced couple meets again in the chalet that was once their home to begin the search for their daughter. The investigation becomes mysterious and desperate when they discover that the location of the cell phone places her outside of Spain.
The film, starring Fernando Cayo (Money Heist), Natalia Verbeke (Everyone Lies), Carlos Fuentes (Invasion) and Angelina Stoian, is directed and written by José Ángel Bohollo, nominated for the Goya Award for Best New Director for Ciénaga; Roberto Ríos is in charge of photography, Miguel Herrera is in charge of sound, and Mario de Benito will put music to a fast-paced, exciting story with touches of irony.
Padres is Eduardo Campoy’s fifteenth film with Álamo Producciones. During the last year, he has adapted Guillem Clua’s work La Bandera, directed by Martín Cuervo and starring Imanol Arias, Aitor Luna, Miquel Fernández and Ana Álvarez, and Invasión, the second film by the executive producer with David Martín-Porras.
CIIF Market is organised by Festeam, Communication and Events, with the sponsorship of the Tenerife Island Council, Department of Culture, Museums and Sports; the City Council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, through the Development Society; and the Government of the Canary Islands, through the Canary Islands Institute for Cultural Development, Canary Islands Film and PROEXCA.
It has the collaboration of Tenerife Tourism, through the Tenerife Film Commission; the Canary Islands Audiovisual Cluster and Macaronesia Films, among other entities, such as Music Library & SFX, AECINE, Bankinter, Blurr Stories, CIMA Impulsa, Control Freaks, IsLABentura Canarias, MAFIZ Málaga Festival Industry Zone, PNR (Platform for New Directors), RAHN Star, Riverflow Pictures, Térrea and ZEC (Canary Islands Special Zone).
