Film Route
Rincón de la Victoria has been the natural setting for several series, films and short films, some of them at international level.
In its 8 kilometres of beach and from the cliffs and tunnels of El Cantal, several scenes of the series ‘Toy Boy’ have been filmed, whose filming also moved to the Cueva del Tesoro, one of the most requested locations by the production companies. Precisely, in this cave located in the interior of the town, ‘Warrior Nun’ has also been filmed, both Netflix productions.
The galleries of the Cueva de La Victoria and El Higuerón, where cave art dating back more than thirty-seven thousand years has been preserved, have been the protagonists at the end of 2022 of the recording by a large team of professionals from National Geographic for a series of documentaries on prehistoric caves in the province of Malaga. Rincón de la Victoria and its Palaeolithic cave art are thus part of these documentaries which are broadcast internationally.
Part of the filming of “Cero negativo”, a short film that was screened at the Malaga Film Festival in 2022, took place in this same space.
SERIES
TOY BOY (2019)
The beach of El Tajo in Rincón de la Victoria and the ecological promenade of Los Rubios also served as the setting for this series in which Hugo Beltrán is a young, handsome and carefree stripper who wakes up one morning on a sailboat, after a night of partying and excesses, next to the burnt corpse of a man. Hugo has no memory of what happened, but after a quick trial he is sentenced to fifteen years in prison.
SNATCH (2018)
This series was filmed in various locations in the region of La Axarquía, including Rincón de la Victoria. By car, and enjoying the beautiful views of the Mediterranean along the old N-340 road.
The plot revolves around a group of twenty-something con men who stumble across a truck loaded with stolen gold bullion. Faced with this situation, they decide to enter the world of organised crime gambling, where they try to make as much money as possible by trickery.
THE WARRIOR NUN (2019)
The Treasure Cave appears in this fiction/horror series that tells the story of a young quadriplegic girl who finds herself caught in a battle between good and evil, after waking up in a morgue and discovering that a secret sect of demon-hunting nuns has given her superpowers.
BRIGADE COSTA DEL SOL (2019)
Several scenes of the series ‘Brigada Costa del Sol’ were filmed in outdoor and indoor locations in Rincón de la Victoria, El Hornillo – in the village of Almayate, in the municipality of Vélez-Málaga, Torre del Mar, in Vélez-Málaga, and Maro, in the town of Nerja.
SHORT FILMS
HAPPY PARTRIDGES (2019)
Directed and produced by Martín Crespo from Málaga. It has been filmed in locations in the Axarquía-Costa del Sol such as Chilches (Vélez-Málaga) and Rincón de la Victoria.
FIVE KINGS (2019)
A fantastic tale set in the Cueva del Tesoro, where the eternal struggle between good and evil reaches unsuspected limits. This short film, by Alberto Pons, draws on the legend that surrounds the only cave of marine origin in Europe.
THE CHIMPLONITOS (2016)
Lights, shadows, confronted by the same objective but different ends. Three continents, a lost city, the primordial blood, the great long-lived, impossible creatures, gods from the sky, the necromancer, Chester Copperpot and the Chimplonitos.
OSITO (2021)
Short film directed by Alberto Pons and shot in Rincón de la Victoria. “It’s a great day, Serafín will meet his new granddaughter and decides to give her the biggest and most beautiful teddy bear in the world”.
OTHER RECORDINGS
VIDEOCLIP ‘’COME AND LIVE CHRISTMAS’ ’ (2022)
Héqate Producciones has been in charge of the production of the Ortigosa Brothers’ video clip, which has been filmed entirely in Rincón de la Victoria in different locations in the municipality.
‘A PLACE IN THE SUN’ PROGRAMME‘ PROGRAM
Channel 4’s British reality show, which helps British couples find their dream home abroad and at a good price, was also in the town filming on location. A Place in The Sun’ has become a hit with audiences in the country with more than 1,000 episodes in 38 different countries.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (2022)
The galleries of the Cueva de La Victoria and El Higuerón, where rock art dating back more than thirty-seven thousand years is preserved, have been the protagonists of the recording of a series of documentaries about prehistoric caves in the province of Malaga.
