Filming sites

Sets - Shooting locations in Bearn and the Basque Country

Agence du Film 64 makes it easier for film and audiovisual productions that wish to shoot in the region, by offering a selection of sets in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques database and image bank.

Are you a location scout, location manager, director, or director of photography? Agence du Film 64 is your number one contact to assist with your search for interior and exterior, public and private sets, offering a database of shooting locations in Bearn and Basque Country.
You will be placed in contact with the site owners to scout the location and find out about the means of access, privatisation and fees. Agence du Film 64 provides access to a photo library to inspire you and a national database of shooting locations to easily find interior or exterior sets in a wide range of decors that will adapt to your script.

Filming locations

Agence du Film 64 offers a rich database of over 600 sets: halls, wash house, court, artist’s workshop, beaches, tunnels, towers, skate parks, and more. It has created a list of a very wide variety of places in Bearn and the Basque Country that are available for film and audiovisual production shoots. These sites are listed according to their environment (city, country, forest, seaside, park or garden, river or waterway, etc.), construction period, dominant architectural style (modern, Art Deco, Renaissance, vintage, Neo-Basque, industrial, etc.) and condition (ruin, renovated, excellent, abandoned, brand new, etc.).

Photo library

Agence d’Attractivité et de Développement Touristiques 64 (64 Agency for Tourism Promotion and Development) offers a photo library with copyright-free images, information about conditions of use and authorisations provided by the authors: Bearn Pyrenees, Basque Country, Heritage, Nature, Accommodation, Hikes, Fishing, Ski, Surf, Rafting, Wellbeing, Vineyards, Gastronomy, Artisans, Landscapes, Mountains, Ocean, Ambiance, Flora, Fauna, Parties, Cities, Villages, Snow, Architecture, Rivers, Agriculture, Pau, Bayonne, Biarritz, Salies-de-Béarn, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Santiago de Compostela, and more.

Bearn Pyrenees and the Basque Country offer a wide variety of filming locations

Tall peaks, Pyrenean valleys, rolling countryside, Atlantic coastline, forests, waterfalls, lakes, caves, cabins, châteaux, heritage buildings, urban areas, cities and villages, varied architectural styles, industrial decors, one-of-a-kind sites, 30 km of coast with 35 sand and pebble beaches and coves… a myriad of filming locations between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees.
Seaside resorts: Anglet, Biarritz, Guéthary, Bidart, Hendaye, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, and more. Cities and villages: Pau, Bayonne, Salies-de-Béarn, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Navarrenx, Sauveterre-de-Béarn, and more. Ski resorts: Gourette, La Pierre-Saint-Martin, Le Somport, Artouste, and more. Pyrenean valleys: Ossau, Aspe, Barétous, and more. Forests: Iraty, Chiberta, and more. Rivers, waterways, and prairie lakes in north-east Bearn: Cadillon, Aydie, and more. Mountain lakes: Ayous, Fabrèges, Aule, Issarbe, and more. Vineyards: Jurançon, Irouléguy, Madiran, Pacherenc du Vic Bilh, AOC Béarn, and more.