In a bold move, Spain’s Congress has raised the cap on tax rebates enjoyed by international TV productions to €10 million (10.6 million) per episode.
Parallel to that, the total tax relief for international productions, whether movies or series, has been hiked from €10 million to €20 million (21.2 million). A ceiling for deductions enjoyed by a title’s top creatives, previously set at €100,000, has also been eliminated.
Set to come into force in 2023 once cleared why the European Union, the new rulings, included in Spain’s corporate tax regulation, mark a bold play to attract some of the biggest TV shoots on earth and encourage them to stay longer in Spain.
The country is home to one of the biggest historical heritage offers in Europe and boasts spectacular landscapes, both of which have been exploited by a strong line in big fantasy titles from “Game of Thrones,” which shot in Spain over 2014-18, to “The Witcher,...
Parallel to that, the total tax relief for international productions, whether movies or series, has been hiked from €10 million to €20 million (21.2 million). A ceiling for deductions enjoyed by a title’s top creatives, previously set at €100,000, has also been eliminated.
Set to come into force in 2023 once cleared why the European Union, the new rulings, included in Spain’s corporate tax regulation, mark a bold play to attract some of the biggest TV shoots on earth and encourage them to stay longer in Spain.
The country is home to one of the biggest historical heritage offers in Europe and boasts spectacular landscapes, both of which have been exploited by a strong line in big fantasy titles from “Game of Thrones,” which shot in Spain over 2014-18, to “The Witcher,...
- 12/28/2022
- by John Hopewell and Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
As a sector grows, it adds more specialist infrastructure. Taking place Oct. 20-21 and organised by the Feria de Valladolid and Spain Film Commission, Spain’s Shooting Locations Marketplace is a case in point and part of Spain’s drive to consolidate as one of the world’s foremost big shoot locales.
“The Spain Film Commission’s policy is to target specific industry segments, beginning with location managers,” Spain Film Commission president Carlos Rosado said at Valladolid.
The Marketplace is a case in point, coming as the value of locations has grown to become a basic consideration in a highly competitive new content scene. “There’s an exponential increase of productions that has raised the need to set each story in a unique location which meets both producers and directors criteria,” Rosado added. Following, seven takeaways:
A Unique Event
Few events on Europe’s big shoot scene are more specialist...
“The Spain Film Commission’s policy is to target specific industry segments, beginning with location managers,” Spain Film Commission president Carlos Rosado said at Valladolid.
The Marketplace is a case in point, coming as the value of locations has grown to become a basic consideration in a highly competitive new content scene. “There’s an exponential increase of productions that has raised the need to set each story in a unique location which meets both producers and directors criteria,” Rosado added. Following, seven takeaways:
A Unique Event
Few events on Europe’s big shoot scene are more specialist...
- 12/8/2022
- by Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
Buenos Aires — A Ventana Sur industry panel highlighting the importance of the regional and global alliance among Spanish-speaking countries preceded the signing of a treaty between Spain Film Commission president Carlos Rosado and delegates from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica to ensure continued mutual support for their respective audiovisual sectors.
“I think a synergy like the one we have here in Ibero-America is also an opportunity to strengthen our industries so that we have an even more powerful audiovisual sector and can compete with developed markets,” said Luiz Toledo, director of investments & strategic partnerships at Brazil’s Spcine. “There’s a lot of work to be done, but I believe that having the support of partners is essential for us to create real change in our industry.”
The panel spoke to financial obstacles, and each panelist was keen on mentioning current incentives, which make it far more lucrative for projects to choose Latin America.
“I think a synergy like the one we have here in Ibero-America is also an opportunity to strengthen our industries so that we have an even more powerful audiovisual sector and can compete with developed markets,” said Luiz Toledo, director of investments & strategic partnerships at Brazil’s Spcine. “There’s a lot of work to be done, but I believe that having the support of partners is essential for us to create real change in our industry.”
The panel spoke to financial obstacles, and each panelist was keen on mentioning current incentives, which make it far more lucrative for projects to choose Latin America.
- 12/2/2022
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
Few nations in the world have developed such a spread of film commissions as Spain, a country forged out of its regions, whose governments have energetically bought in to the benefits of foreign and local shoots.
As the country moves ever more onto the big-shoot locations industry radar, the Spain Film Commission is experiencing rapid growth of its nationwide network as well as helping to drive the ambitious Spain Avs Hub plan.
Following the March 2021 announcement by the central government of the launch of the Spain Avs Hub plan — with a €1.6 billion (1.6 billion) budget — a royal decree in October granted 5 million in direct support to the Sfc for actions eligible for subsidies from 2022-24.
Created in 2001, Sfc covers almost the entire country, and its members integrate a network with a uniform management model, respecting their partners’ independence and territorial scope.
“Sfc has evolved from a wasted vector of the audiovisual...
As the country moves ever more onto the big-shoot locations industry radar, the Spain Film Commission is experiencing rapid growth of its nationwide network as well as helping to drive the ambitious Spain Avs Hub plan.
Following the March 2021 announcement by the central government of the launch of the Spain Avs Hub plan — with a €1.6 billion (1.6 billion) budget — a royal decree in October granted 5 million in direct support to the Sfc for actions eligible for subsidies from 2022-24.
Created in 2001, Sfc covers almost the entire country, and its members integrate a network with a uniform management model, respecting their partners’ independence and territorial scope.
“Sfc has evolved from a wasted vector of the audiovisual...
- 9/11/2022
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
Part of Spain’s drive to consolidate as one of the world’s foremost big shoot locales, Shooting Locations Marketplace has confirmed dates for its second edition which will run over Oct. 20-21, taking place once again at the Feria de Valladolid, an hour’s train ride north of Madrid.
The Marketplace looks set to repeat its original format which welcomes first and foremost location scouts, as well as producers, line producers and representatives of film commissions in and outside Spain.
Revolving around one-to-one meetings, where commissions and service companies present potential shoot destinations to location managers, the Marketplace also features panels and presentations analysing industry trends as well as success stories and factors that tip the balance when picking one destination over another.
Representatives of 60 destinations are expected, including members of the Spain Film Commission, and countries such as Portugal and Norway, which will attend for the first time.
The Marketplace looks set to repeat its original format which welcomes first and foremost location scouts, as well as producers, line producers and representatives of film commissions in and outside Spain.
Revolving around one-to-one meetings, where commissions and service companies present potential shoot destinations to location managers, the Marketplace also features panels and presentations analysing industry trends as well as success stories and factors that tip the balance when picking one destination over another.
Representatives of 60 destinations are expected, including members of the Spain Film Commission, and countries such as Portugal and Norway, which will attend for the first time.
- 6/22/2022
- by Pablo Sandoval and John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s Global Bulletin, the European Film Awards detail this year’s special five-day virtual ceremony, the Spain Film Commission extends an invitation to international productions, ITV Studios sells more than 300 hours of content in India and the National Lottery announces a special Pantoland performance for key workers.
Awards
The 2020 European Film Awards have announced measures to host a Covid-19 era edition, “The EFAs at Eight,” including a series of live-streamed virtual events taking place Dec. 8-12.
This year’s entire program will be made available on the Efa website, www.europeanfilmawards.eu, and to several international streaming and broadcasting partners. Nominees and winners be invited to participate through live video conferencing.
Things kick off on Tuesday, Dec. 8, with “From Survival to Revival: Building the Post-Covid Future,” a roundtable discussing the re-structuring, re-engineering and re-alignment of the European film industry during and post-pandemic.
On Wednesday, Wim Wenders and Marion...
Awards
The 2020 European Film Awards have announced measures to host a Covid-19 era edition, “The EFAs at Eight,” including a series of live-streamed virtual events taking place Dec. 8-12.
This year’s entire program will be made available on the Efa website, www.europeanfilmawards.eu, and to several international streaming and broadcasting partners. Nominees and winners be invited to participate through live video conferencing.
Things kick off on Tuesday, Dec. 8, with “From Survival to Revival: Building the Post-Covid Future,” a roundtable discussing the re-structuring, re-engineering and re-alignment of the European film industry during and post-pandemic.
On Wednesday, Wim Wenders and Marion...
- 12/4/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
When it comes to attracting foreign shoots in Spain, the motto could well be: “It’s the tax breaks, stupid.”
Of course, Spain has long been a foreign shoot locale: Think Samuel Bronston’s ’60s epics such as “El Cid.” International movies have always sought stunning locations, Mediterranean climate and low-cost labor. Since 2015, however, Spain has offered tax rebates for international shoots of up to 20%; 40% in the Canary Islands.
Tax credits are available to Spanish shoots and co-productions, reaching 25% in the Peninsula, 45% in the Canaries. Also, Navarre is dangling a 35% tax credit for local and international productions.
Three years after their launch, the rebates are having a huge impact on the sector: As a shooting locale, the country has never been more active in the past half century.
Benefits attract a wide range of projects. The biggest, among TV dramas, is “Game of Thrones,” which first lensed part of Season...
Of course, Spain has long been a foreign shoot locale: Think Samuel Bronston’s ’60s epics such as “El Cid.” International movies have always sought stunning locations, Mediterranean climate and low-cost labor. Since 2015, however, Spain has offered tax rebates for international shoots of up to 20%; 40% in the Canary Islands.
Tax credits are available to Spanish shoots and co-productions, reaching 25% in the Peninsula, 45% in the Canaries. Also, Navarre is dangling a 35% tax credit for local and international productions.
Three years after their launch, the rebates are having a huge impact on the sector: As a shooting locale, the country has never been more active in the past half century.
Benefits attract a wide range of projects. The biggest, among TV dramas, is “Game of Thrones,” which first lensed part of Season...
- 5/11/2018
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
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