Cine Estudio (Madrid)

The Cine Estudio is one of the spaces that make up the Círculo de Bellas Artes building located in the center of Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain.

The cinema has an entrance from the street, adjoining rooms and more than 200 seats.

This space is suitable for filming that recreates movie theaters or screening areas and also for premieres or screenings.

Among its offers: Premieres, auteur films, experimental and classics in original version with subtitles. Presentations and discussions with the authors themselves and much more.

Likewise, the space has also an outstanding historical relationship with the cinema. Among the films shot in the building on Alcalá Street are important works in the history of Spanish cinema such as The Truth About the Savolta Affair by Antonio Drove (1980), General Report on Certain Matters of Interest for a Public Screening by Pere Portabella (1977) or The Virgin of August by Jonás Trueba (2019). The films of Pedro Almodóvar deserve special mention, four of his films to date show the iconic architecture of this place: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Kika (1993), The Skin I Live In (2011) and All about my mother (1999).

Recently, Cine Estudio has been distinguished as a Treasure of European Film Culture, a mention awarded by the European Film Academy. Thanks to this recognition, the Círculo de Bellas Artes is positioned as a place of symbolic nature for European cinema, its historical value is recognized and its protection is claimed. Likewise, its importance as a setting for numerous fundamental films in the history of Spanish cinema is noted.

Madrid: full guide