Cabrillo

Cabrillo is a neighborhood located in central Los Ángeles, Porciúncula, known for being one of the two principal hubs of Mejican cinema alongside Churubusco in Mejico City; it is also one of the main hubs for Iberoamerican cinema as a whole, with its name now associated with the cinematic industry as a whole and the people associated with it. With a population of approximately 85,000 people, Cabrillo has developed into one of the largest neighborhoods in the Angeline metropolis. It is also known as the "Fábrica de Sueños" (Dream Factory).

The neighborhood is named after Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, a Spanish-Portuguese explorer who is credited with the European discovery of the region in the mid-16th century. The neighborhood proper was built in the 1850s to relieve the historical city center, only to later transform into a hub of cinematic innovation in the early 20th century. Cabrillo's streets are lined with the historic studios that nurtured the nascent Mejican film industry, including renowned institutions such as Hermanos Barrera, Estudios Fox, Mallol-Ybarra-Muñoz, and La Suprema, known as the "Cabrillo Big Four". While most of these studios were originally founded in the Cabrillo neighborhood proper, only La Suprema remains headquartered there, while the others have expanded into larger complexes throughout the Greater Cabrillo District.

The ideal location and climate of Cabrillo contributed to its rise as a cinematic powerhouse. Nestled in the heart of Los Ángeles, around 20 kilometers from the Pacific coast, Cabrillo boasts a Mediterranean climate that offers mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers. This consistent and favorable weather allows for year-round filming, an advantage that has been capitalized on by countless filmmakers and studios. The district retains a quintessentially Angeline architecture, characterized by neoclassical Spanish colonial revival facades, coupled with art deco towers.