Paseos Un Madrid de Cine: Paisajes de la Luz

UNESCO declared Madrid's Landscape of Light a World Heritage Site in its urban landscape category in July 2021. UNESCO highlighted the originality and the innovative nature of this project, which has successfully enhanced Madrid's rich heritage and historical identity. Its cultural and architectural beauty has made this area a favourite location for films and series shot in the city over the last century, and it has in fact been the setting for a wide variety of films such as Manolo the Traffic Policeman (Manolo, guardia urbano)(1956), Red Cross Girls (Las chicas de la cruz roja) (1958), The Little Apartment (El pisito) (1959), Circus World (El fabuloso mundo del circo) (1964), Alone in the Dark (Solos en la madrugada) (1978), The Day of the Beast (El día de la bestia) (1995), Live Flesh (Carne trémula) (1997), The Time in Between (El tiempo entre costuras) (2013) or My Heart Goes Boom! (Explota, explota) (2020).

On this occasion, the Veranos de la Villa festival is proud to collaborate with the Madrid Film Office, the Madrid City Council’s audiovisual promotion office, to offer a tour that will introduce us to the Landscape of Light through the films and series that have been shot there. This is a fantastic opportunity to get to know the monuments, buildings and unique spaces of this beautiful cultural landscape, discover how it has changed over the decades and learn more about the city of Madrid’s audiovisual heritage. Enjoy a film tour!

A production of Madrid Film Office