Origin of the author: Canary Islands.
Place of recording: Canary Islands.
Length: 53 minutes.
Award: SILVER railing in the DOCUMENTARY category.
There was a time when the unstoppable force of volcanoes shaped the Earth. Whirlwinds of fire and magma emerged from the bowels of the planet to create this prodigious microcosm called the Canary Islands. The archipelago, which emerged in the mystery of the Atlantic, is the child of this telluric force. This is the story of a journey. The result of a quest that begins at the frontier between land and sea, to the depths of the ocean. An exploration to unravel the secrets of life in the lava reefs, by the hand of the scientist and naturalist Óscar Ocaña.
This is the journey of how a melting pot of landscapes unfolds from the rich ecosystems that sustain the littoral shelf. From the realm of light dominated by algae to that of caves, veriles and crevices dominated by darkness. A journey through the unique underwater landscapes of each island. A marine adventure full of great discoveries; of unique creatures on the planet; of shipwrecked lives that arrived in these waters to adapt and become part of them. A descent that will culminate in the depths, where a valuable belt of black corals, forests that shelter other forms of life, make up a whole complex world in the heart of the lava.
