Calpe has received the visit of 12 renowned film producers from the United States and Europe, as part of a fam trip, organised in the Comunitat Valenciana Region. The aim of this initiative is to publicise different locations in the municipality to consolidate Calpe as a destination for future filming.
The producers are known for their work in internationally renowned productions such as ‘Peaky Blinders’, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, ‘Indiana Jones’, ‘Spiderman’, ‘World War Z’, ‘Thor’, ‘Jason Bourne’, ‘James Bond: Spectre’, ‘Mission Impossible’, ‘Superman VS Batman’, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, ‘Matrix’ and ‘Gladiator’, among others. During their visit to Calpe, they had the opportunity to witness the Desembarco of the Moros y Cristianosfestivities, visit the Red Wall and the facilities of the Casa Nova, as well as the Skybar of the Hotel Suitopia where they were shown the variety of Calpe's landscape.
The producers showed great interest in Calpe's privileged climate and its emblematic buildings, ‘elements that add incalculable value to any audiovisual production’, said the councillor for International Promotion, Marco Bittner.
Calpe is part of the Costa Blanca Film Commission, a film office created by the Diputación de Alicante, which aims to facilitate the work of companies and professionals in the audiovisual sector who wish to shoot in the province and, in turn, promote the different municipalities of Alicante as a destination for filming. In this sense, to position itself as a film destination, Calpe not only promotes its wide variety of locations for all types of productions, but also its hotel capacity, which can accommodate large film crews, as well as its experience in organising large-scale events such as the Desembarco de Moros y Cristianos, and the provision of security and surveillance systems to ensure filming without incident.
‘We are delighted to show these prestigious producers all that Calpe has to offer. Our aim is to provide not only unique locations, but also shooting facilities, quality production services, potential financial support and a willingness to facilitate their work,’ Marco Bittner said.
On this fam trip the producers have also visited other municipalities such as Gandía, Benidorm and Alicante.