SUMMER IN THE CINE OF CASTILLA LEÓN
In July 2021 Castilla León hosted a series of talks on film locations, organised by Valencia-based writer Bob Yareham, author of Movies Made in Spain, which tells the stories of over 900 English-language film shoots in Spain.
Valencia International Editor Bob Yareham is the author of Movies Made in Spain, a web site and project featuring more than 900 English language films and TV series:
The idea of the talks was both to promote towns where films have been shot, and to explore the social history of different areas of Spain where international and national films have been and continue to be made, as well as to promote these towns as potential future filming locations.
As part of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the filming of El Cid, the first talk was in Ampudia, Palencia, on 18 July at 20.00 in the Casa de Cultura.
The second talk was in Covarrubias, Burgos on 21st July at 8 pm in the Sala Valle del Arlanza, and also featured Sergio Garcia, one of the founders of the Sad Hill Cemetery project, the famous location of the film The Good, The Bad and The Ugly with Clint Eastwood.
The third was to be in Coca (Segovia) on 23rd July with the collaboration of local expert David Rubio at 21.30 in the Martín Frias auditorium, but was cancelled due to the Corona Virus pandemic. Camelot was filmed in Coca in 1967 with Richard Harris and Vanessa Redgrave.
Castilla León is an ideal film location, full of history and sublime locations, where there have been great films such as Doctor Zhivago (1965), Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), Chimes at Midnight (1965), The Four Musketeers (1974), Pride and Passion (1957) and Kingdom of Heaven (2005) to mention a few.
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