Discover Jerez: A City of Movie Sets and Possibilities

Jerez, one of the most important cities in Andalusia, offers anyone who wants to visit it or get to know it better the most varied possibilities. You can visit the different districts, medieval Jerez and even a mysterious Jerez during a night tour.

From the silent cinema, this city became the perfect set to shoot scenes from productions such as ‘La malcasada’, in 1926. Jerez became ‘Cuba’, in 1979, with an important international cast headed by the great Sean Connery. Next, we mention possible places, locations that have once become movie sets, series or video clips.

The Alcazar of Jerez

The producers of the hit series ‘The Crown’ chose this magnanimous enclave to recreate magnanimous Alexandria during the fifth season. Earlier in 2018, for the third season they recorded in the church of Saint Dominic.

Bodegas González Byass

Inside, part of the film ‘El verano que vivimos’, by Carlos Sedes, starring Blanca Suarez and Javier Rey. In this film they also took advantage of other locations such as Porvera street, the Cathedral or the Alameda Vieja.

Marketplace

And its surroundings hosted the filming of Disney+’s ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’, an eight-episode series narrating the story of a Jewish family that manages to survive the Holocaust. Scenes from the adaptation of the novel ‘La temperanza’, by María Dueñas, were also filmed here, in which her characters also walk down Calle Visitación, as well as other locations.

Gonzalez Hontoria Park

This place famous for raising an ephemeral city during the week of the Horse Fair, is also known for being a stage. The ‘Kaos’ series shot there for a few days in November 2022.

Jerez Cathedral

One of the most impressive buildings in the city, it was the scene of the previously mentioned series ‘La temperanza’, as well as other locations such as the Archaeological Museum, the Aníbal González railway station or the Abrantes Palace or Recreo de las Cadenas, since the story is set in XIX century Jerez. The summer we were living in also chose the Cathedral to film a burial scene.

old mall

In addition to becoming a movie set, this beautiful place is chosen by artists to record video clips. One of them is the former triumphant Soraya Arnelas, La Botella, it is already on social networks and has the particularity that it was recorded in Jerez, specifically in La Favorita, an entertainment venue next to the Villamarta Theater. Previously, in the month of February, Soraya Arnelas recorded ‘La cita’, a music video whose images have been set in different enclaves of the city, such as the Alameda Vieja. The artist Miguel came out ‘De fiesta con Lola Flores’. He recorded the video clip for this song in the center of the city.

Jerez Film Office

A end of 2017 The Jerez Film Office as it is known and works today is born. Its goal is that the city give visibility to film locations. Since then, he has provided his services to productions such as ‘La templanza’ (2019), by Guillem Morales, Alberto Ruiz Rojo and Patricia Font; ‘The summer we live’ (2019), by Carlos Sedes; ‘The Crown’; and ‘The Turtle Maneuver’ (2022), by Juan Miguel del Castillo or ‘Los siete jereles’, by filmmaker and music producer Gonzalo García-Pelayo.