CIMA, 27.10.26

The CIMA jury presented this award last weekend as part of a new edition of the IsLABentura Canarias screenwriting laboratory.

Aïda Ballmann, CIMA’s representative in the Canary Islands, presented the CIMA Award at the 2026 edition of IsLABentura to screenwriter Emmanuelle Kesch for her project Cachalote. Kesch was recognised for a story in which “capitalism devours the individual”, whose central conflict affects and transcends everyone, and which presents the point of view of each of its characters.

IsLABentura, a screenwriting laboratory for fiction films and television series set in the Canary Islands, promotes cultural and professional exchange, with a view to bringing the resulting projects into production.

Through a collaboration agreement with the CIMA Impulsa programme, the 2026 edition of the laboratory once again included the CIMA Award, which provides access to training programmes offered by the initiative. CIMA Impulsa promotes the development of audiovisual projects created by women screenwriters, working alongside emerging female producers, to help them gain access to the audiovisual industry.

During the award ceremony, Aïda Ballmann emphasised the importance of cinema in “representing our reality, creating role models and building a more balanced society with equal opportunities.”