The documentary “Beyond the Plan”, starring the professional kitesurfer Julia Castro, has been nominated for “Best Feature Documentary” at the Cannes Film Awards 2026, a contest that this year has selected 279 projects from among 2,538 nominations from all over the world. This nomination places Fuerteventura and its sports community on the international map of independent cinema, recognising not only the visual quality of the project, but also the human and environmental story it tells.
“Beyond the Plan” travels the island of Fuerteventura, on a solo journey where the wind, the sea and the inner strength of an athlete who lives the ocean daily tell us the story.
The Cannes Film Awards have established themselves as a high-visibility platform for independent cinema, with an official selection that reflects the diversity of voices and formats that today mark the conversation in the audiovisual industry. In the 2026 edition, the festival stands out for the breadth of categories and for a particularly close competition, in which fiction, documentary, animation and experimental formats coexist.
The fact that “Beyond the Plan” is part of this selection underlines the strength of the stories that are born from the islands and from sport, but that connect with global audiences.
For those who want to know more about the nomination, the rest of the selected films and how the festival works, you can check all the details on the festival’s official website: cannesfilmawards.com/2026-nominees. It is an excellent starting point to discover other independent productions and understand the international context in which “Beyond the Plan” competes.
Now all that remains is to cross your fingers, continue enjoying the journey and wait for the official ceremony to find out if this trip around Fuerteventura also becomes a direct trip to the Cannes Film Awards winners.