The President of Castile-La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page and the mayor of Toledo, Carlos Velázquezdemonstrated this Wednesday their good understanding in the signing of the protocol for the creation in Toledo of the Cinema City of Castilla-La Mancha, which It will be a reality in June 2026 in the former facilities of the Toledo Firefighters Institute, with an investment from European Next Generation funds of 7.8 million euros. These are the data proposed by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Employment, Patricia Franco, present at the signing of the agreement which launches the construction project of this infrastructure which the city of Guadalajara rejected. In the words of the advisor, the City of cinema It will benefit from major technical advances such as the latest ‘motion capture’ technology and will aim to reduce the carbon footprint of filming, with a big commitment to sustainability.
For García-Page, this is “a real opportunity for the city of Toledo and the region.” “It’s a big undertaking, an opportunity to create jobs that places us in the best communication channel in the world,” said the president, while emphasizing that this initiative is accompanied by a lot of funding. “Today we abandon a horror film (referring to the lack of consensus on this subject with Guadalajara City Hall) and start a more optimistic film, with a happy ending, hopefully.” And he also highlighted the “institutional loyalty” demonstrated by the Toledo City Council, which “contrasts,” he said, with that of other administrations, in reference to the Spanish government.
For the mayor of Toledo, the project will be “very positive” for the capital because, firstly, “it will allow the recovery of a building that has been completely abandoned for many years and which creates a danger for all pedestrians, and also represents a problem of public health in this area very popular with the inhabitants of Toledo, in the heart of the Tagus River Secondly, he stressed that the Cinema City “will allow us to recover the natural environment of the Polvorines Park, integrating this part of the river into it. the city, guaranteeing and improving connectivity between the Cava district and the Santa Teresa district and the campus of the Arms Factory of the University of Castile-La Mancha.
On the other hand, said Velázquez, this project will bring to Toledo a new industry that does not currently exist in Toledo, “the audiovisual industry is booming and this will generate jobs and opportunities for the city, thus boosting all the city. important way.
But that’s not all, in addition, this new film industry will constitute a great boost for the European Capital of Culture, “the fact that Toledo has the City of Cinema as a regional and national reference differentiates us from the other candidates and positions us as one of the greatest alternatives of the seventh art, something that undoubtedly promotes and generates quality culture.
Finally, the mayor of Toledo thanked them for their work “discreet and efficient” carried out by “all those who allowed us to sign this protocol today”, but, he stressed, “we must now continue working to meet the deadlines and make this good news a reality as quickly as possible “. “.
