From Prime Video’s hit series “Red Queen” to Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The Beloved” starring Javier Bardem and Diego Luna’s “A Mouthful of Ash,” Madrid has hosted this year high-profile co-productions, many with Latin-American partners.

On the eve of the 5 th Iberseries & Platino Industria – the go-to networking event for the Spanish and Portuguese-language audiovisual industry – the Madrid Film Office ’s honcho Raúl Torquemada spoke to Variety about the hike in co-productions and filming in the Spanish capital, facilitated by the Madrid City Council’s promotional body.

“Our strategy is two-fold: first to sell the city and its locations. Madrid is a city chameleon-which can easily pass for Buenos Aires, Paris or Mexico, so the filming opportunities are vast. At the same time, we s

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