Ayuso offers Madrid as a setting for South Korean films and series

“This first day we wanted to study cinema, the audiovisual sector and culture in general, which is very interesting, both Spanish and Korean and, more specifically, that of Madrid. Madrid arouses a lot of interest, but it is still largely unknown here, in the same way as everything that the audiovisual cultural sector does in Korea, we have not yet completely seen it in Spain”, commented Ayuso by way of summary of this first day.

Climax Studio’s activity focuses on the creation of high quality content for cinema and television, with great export potential aimed at all types of audiences. The Korean box office reached 850 million euros in 2022, with growth of 9% in 2023, a year in which 781 feature films were produced.

For its part, the Community of Madrid increased the number of audiovisual filmings last year by 15 percent compared to 2022. Of the total of 1,000 productions, 119 were films, 117 short films, 68 series, 473 commercials and 317 projects for the small screen, reports, shows or music videos.

This growth reflects “the commitment of the regional government to protect, facilitate and encourage filming, taking into account the great variety and versatility of locations, sets, animation and VFX (visual effects) studios available to the region “, he explains. Community in a statement. All this constitutes a vast infrastructure network and a professional offer that brings together more than 3,000 companies in the sector, or 29 percent of the volume of all of Spain.

Regarding the filming in the capital, those of Metro stand out, in whose facilities 22 were carried out. And among the titles of films that took place in the region, the Berlin series, El Inmortal or 1992, the films Your mother or mine. , Looking for Coque or Hamburg, among others, she visited the facilities of the Seoul Arts Center, where the head of the Regional Executive presented the Spanish Ballet of the Community of Madrid, and visited the Clímax Studio , where she proposed the region as a setting for Korean productions.

“We are studying the possibility of having co-productions between Madrid and Seoul for films, series and also the search for talents, because with our school, ECAM, there are many actors, directors who for producers Korean people are very interesting and “What we also want is for them to visit us and know us first-hand,” commented Ayuso.

The Community of Madrid Ballet

“Seoul is a real city of art and gave us very good ideas in Madrid and, above all, what we saw with the president of the Seoul Arts Center was the possibility of exchanges between young talents from all ages, to act, to sing, to dance. And that’s also when we made our Madrid Ballet Community known,” explained the Madrid president.

“Knowing that we are currently taking Spanish dance and flamenco around the world, this is what they liked the most. And we also tried to have exchanges at festivals and allow our youth and artists in general to perform here in Seoul and throughout Korea.

Precisely, this Saturday, President Ayuso visited the Seoul Arts Center, the most representative multicultural artistic complex in South Korea, where she held a meeting with its president Hyoung-Joo to present the Spanish Ballet of the Community of Madrid, the Madrid project for the preservation of the heritage of Spanish dance in its academic, stylized, folkloric, bowling and flamenco modalities.

During the meeting, the South Koreans showed great interest in the entire branch of flamenco and in the role that the Community of Madrid plays in promoting this art, declared this year by the regional government as an Asset of Interest Cultural (BIC). Heritage of the region.