Producer

Dunes Films S.L. is a company established in the Canary Islands since 2007. It was founded by María Sanz Esteve to develop and expand logistical support and services for other film, television, and advertising production companies (regional, mainland Spanish, and international) and to undertake in-house productions. These include the documentary Desde la otra orilla by Javier Camarasa and short films such as Neuroyerto by Álvaro Matías Sánchez; Serendipia, El Regalito, Tregua, Ilusión, and Desmadres by Maria Sanz Esteve; and Lo que tú me has hecho a mí by Diego Betancor. We have co-produced the short films Rutina by Sebastián Álvarez Castro, Taxi Please by Lorenza Machín, and La caja de Medea by Samuel Alarcón, and we are an associate producer of the short film Las Gafas by Alberto García.

Other successful projects developed by Dunes Films include the Fuerteventura Dunas Film and Video Festival (seven editions), the LGBTIQ+ Film Showcase (nineteen editions), the organization of film series and workshops designed to foster values through cinema, and the creation of the Las Alas de la memoria (Wings of Memory) website, dedicated to preserving intangible historical heritage.

Dunes Films was a founding member of the Canary Islands Audiovisual Cluster. It has been a member of CIMA (Association of Women Filmmakers) since its inception and belongs to MICROCLIMA (Canarian Filmmakers Association); the company also collaborated on the creation of the Fuerteventura Film Commission.

We currently have several projects in various stages of development, spanning both fiction and documentary genres.

Drawing on the experience we have gained, we have decided to focus on developing the La isla de los prodigios (The Island of Wonders) project, with the aim of raising the profile of—and highlighting the value of—our region’s culture, identity, and history.