🏙 Towns & cities
Caniçal
civil parish in Machico
🇵🇹 Portugal · 32.7383, -16.7384
Caniçal is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 2 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“Parts of the movie were shot at the sea in front of Caniçal, a traditional whaling parish in Madeira Islands, Portugal, with real action of whaling done by whalers of Madeira Island.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Caniçal as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Filming locations nearby
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Madeira Island
🇵🇹 Portugal
island of Portugal
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🏙 Towns & cities
Madeira
🇵🇹 Portugal
Autonomous Region of Portugal in the archipelago of Madeira
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Caniçal?
2 productions are recorded as filmed in Caniçal, including The Acolyte (2024–) and Moby Dick (1956). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Caniçal?
The Acolyte (2024–), covered by 30 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Caniçal?
Caniçal is in Portugal, at 32.7383, -16.7384.
What other filming locations are near Caniçal?
Madeira Island and Madeira, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Zarco at Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.