Úbeda at the movies

CINEFAN FEST

This Festival seeks to bring the public closer to a specific cinematographic world, through an icon, a film saga, a movie, a film director or a specific genre. Concerts, round tables, exhibitions and the celebration of the “Walk of Fame” are some of the activities that comprise the Festival. The festival reinforces this relationship between the city and the audiovisual world. This event attracts professionals from the sector and consolidates Úbeda as a cultural reference.

Film tourism allows you to visit real scenarios used in films and series. This form of tourism offers a different and attractive vision of heritage. The city is committed to cinema as a tool for cultural and tourist promotion. Úbeda shows that its history can also be told through the big screen.

Thanks to its extraordinary Renaissance monuments, Úbeda has served as a natural setting for several films and historical series, which have found in its streets and squares an authentic setting to recreate different eras.which have found in its streets and squares an authentic setting to recreate different epochs. Productions set in the Middle Ages and the Golden Age have used emblematic spaces of the historic center, taking advantage of the architectural harmony and monumentality of the city.

Among the best-known shootings are scenes from historical serieswhere Úbeda and its surroundings have represented Castilian cities of the past, as well as film productions such as The Conjuring of El Escorial o Alatristewhich have used locations in Úbeda and Baeza for their aesthetic fidelity and heritage value.