Seville cinema tours
Discover the scenery of Seville’s movie sets.
The map ‘Sevilla de cine’ offers you a different way to see and enjoy the Andalusian capital. The location scouts Nieves González and Lucía Escassi show us the monumental Seville and its architectural and scenic beauty, but also claim those locations more unknown, both for its inhabitants and for visitors. From Plaza España to the narrow streets of the Santa Cruz neighborhood, the city offers endless possibilities to shoot among its streets, its greenery, its light and its people.
The Seville that tells us about history
Most of the sets used in historical films are located in the intramural part of the city: the oldest part of Seville. Many productions have wanted to recreate their period settings in this city. In this selection we find from films set in the seventeenth century as “Alatriste” by Agustin Diaz Yanes, in the nineteenth century as “Carmen” by Vicente Aranda, to films that reflect events of our more contemporary history, between the transition and the Seville of the pre-Expo as “Group 7”, “La Isla Minima” and “Model 77” by Alberto Rodriguez.
NOMINATIONS AT THE GOYA AWARDS:
Seville in the 2000s
Through this association of feature films we can relive or get to know a Seville that, although still close, is in constant change and movement. Watching these films you can see the contrast: if you look carefully, you can appreciate the most significant changes in style, street furniture, transport or stores. Take a walk through this city of the 2000s with “Astronautas” by Santi Amodeo, the controversial and daring “Nadie conoce a nadie” by Mateo Gil, the nocturnal atmosphere of “After” by Alberto Rodríguez, or the first Andalusian film to win a Goya Award: “Solas” by Benito Zambrano. Sometimes the narrated story requires places that a priori are not identified with the city, showing those non-places, those landscapes that are not very recognizable for those who do not know the destination, as happens in “Cabeza de Perro”, by Santi Amodeo, the dystopian “3 Días” or “Crimen Ferpecto”, by Álex de la Iglesia, that leave evidence of a Seville in constant transformation and that is still in the retina of those who knew it.
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Neighborhood portraits
The Seville portrayed in this cartography is perhaps a lesser-known city, a city far from the monumental center, where people live, where stories are told openly. The interest in Seville’s neighborhoods is reflected in the youthful glow of the protagonists of “7 Vírgenes” by Alberto Rodríguez, the shameless adventures of “Carmina o revienta” and “Carmina y Amén” by Paco León, the flight to find oneself in “Anochece en la India” by Chema Rodríguez, and the heartbreaking “Adiós” by Paco Cabezas.
GOYA AWARD NOMINATIONS:
The most recent Seville
This selection of feature films that obtained nominations at the Goya Awards in recent years gives us the opportunity to create a current map of the city of Seville. With some exceptions, most of the spaces represented in these films are still present or recognizable. Thanks to the thematic diversity we can move through different environments and areas of the city; from the streets of Triana or Los Remedios with “Yo, también”, by Álvaro Pastor and Antonio Naharo, “Ocho apellidos vascos”, by Emilio Martinez Lázaro, or “El inconveniente”, by Bernabé Rico, to different areas of downtown with “El autor”, by Manuel Martín Cuenca, and “Tu hijo”, by Miguel Ángel Vivas, each one set in a Seville that is at the same time diverse and unique. Reflection of that Seville that in fiction is not Seville, there are recognizable spaces in “Los niños salvajes” by Patricia Ferreira.
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Acknowledgments
Lala Obrero, Mario Álvarez, Sara Sánchez, Ana Montoya, Paco Almazo, Adán Barajas, Belén Sánchez, Manuela Ocón, Paola Sainz de Baranda, Violeta Tudela, Manuel Díaz León, Ernesto Chao, Álvaro Pastor, Ana Rosa Diego, Alicia Baena, Verónica Díaz, Adrián Aguilar, Patricio Ruiz, Fidel Pérez, Laura García Navarro, Antonio Pérez, Olmo Figueredo, Chema Rodríguez, Distinto Films, La Loma Blanca, Spal Films, La Zona Films SL, Promico Imagen SL, Video Mercury Films, La Claqueta PC, Atípica Films.
How to use the map
Choose the map you want to explore. Click on the icon at the top left to display the films and their locations.
The locations are colour-coded according to the film. Select a point on the map to expand the information. You will find photos from the filming and extended information about that location.
