Alicante’s Ciudad de la Luz film studios have generated more than €70 million for the provincial economy since reopening, with around 15 film and television productions choosing the complex as their base.
The studios have also created more than 30,000 overnight stays in the province and hired the services of more than 400 local companies, underlining their growing importance to Alicante’s tourism and business sectors.
Disney’s Tangled among major productions
One of the biggest projects now underway is Cascade, which has transformed Ciudad de la Luz into the Spanish production hub for Disney’s live-action adaptation of Tangled (Enredados). The blockbuster is one of the highest-profile productions to arrive at the studios since they resumed operations.
The studios are also hosting productions by The Good Films. Its projects The People of the Book and The Man Who Stole the Sky have each secured €1.5 million in funding from the Valencian regional government.
The grants form part of a €9.5 million funding programme running from 2025 to 2027, designed to support productions that spend money directly in the Valencian Community.
A growing list of international productions
Since reopening, Ciudad de la Luz has welcomed a string of film and television projects.
Television productions include Ley del Mar, Nero, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Favatrix and Mar afuera.
Feature films shot at the studios include Under Paris (En las profundidades del Sena), Venom: The Last Dance, Los Tigres, Alejandro Amenábar’s El cautivo and Chloé Wallace’s Mala Influencia.
The studios have also hosted a German production by Surfilms and F.A.S.T., as well as an action thriller from writer and producer Taylor Sheridan for Warner Bros. Pictures.
Commercial productions have included campaigns for MasOrange and Cupra Terramar, the latter directed by J. A. Bayona. Blur also produced a commercial at the studios, while indie rock band Viva Suecia used the facilities to prepare the stage production for its current tour.
Looking ahead
Marián Cano, the Valencian regional minister for Industry, Commerce, Innovation and Tourism, described 2026 as the year of Ciudad de la Luz’s “definitive take-off”.
She credited investment in infrastructure, specialist training and financial incentives with helping restore the complex’s reputation as a major production centre.
The regional government is also working with the audiovisual industry on its 2026 to 2030 Strategic Audiovisual Plan, which aims to attract more investment, skilled professionals and international productions to the Valencian Community.
Bridging the Gap’s quick guide
- Economic impact since reopening: More than €70 million
- Productions hosted: Around 15
- Overnight stays generated: More than 30,000
- Local businesses involved: More than 400
- Major current project: Disney’s live-action Tangled (Enredados)
- Future focus: Attracting more international productions through the Valencian Community’s 2026 to 2030 audiovisual strategy
