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SPAIN FILM COMMISSION and Subcontractors in the Audiovisual Sector THE ADVANTAGES OF A PICTURE-PERFECT LOCATION SPA- NISH FRA- MES PRODUCTIVE Spain is the world’s 13th largest economy and an international leader in a wide range of sectors such as transportation engineering, A SPAIN IS finance, energy, textiles, and sports. DELICIOUS Spanish cuisine is famous around the globe CELE- and restaurants in Spain have repeatedly INTERNATIONAL received Michelin stars and even been rated the best in the world by other international With more than 500 million native speakers, authorities. Health experts are unanimous in Spanish is now the second most spoken praising the benefits of the Mediterranean diet. language in the world, and Spanish aesthetics, customs, and thought have deeply influenced Latin American culture, which is progressively BRA- gaining greater global exposure and acclaim. HISTORICAL Spain is an inexhaustible source of interesting stories tucked away in monuments, historic EFFERVESCENT neighborhoods, archaeological sites, and landscapes and one of the greatest repositories Everyone loves the Spanish lifestyle. With of Western cultural heritage. It also has unique 300 sunny days a year, Europe’s best array and enduring cultural ties with the Americas. TION of leisure time activities, hundreds of cultural festivals, and numerous traditions accorded UNESCO intangible heritage status, every corner of Spain is simply bursting with energy. CULTURAL Artistic creation in all its forms is indelibly encoded into the DNA of Spain. Painting, OF SAFE architecture, music, design, fashion, and, of course, FILMMAKING form an integral part of According to United Nations statistics, Spain its multifaceted identity. Proud and authentic, is the 7th healthiest country in the world. Spanish cultures have made scores of priceless Thanks to its excellent security services, it contributions to world heritage over the centuries. is also one of the safest countries in Europe. DIVERSE The steady confluence of cultures on the Spain celebrates life Iberian Peninsula from the earliest of times and the forces of history have together forged like no other place a country extraordinarily rich in heritage and diversity. Spain is the third most represented in the world. Nature country on UNESCO’s World Heritage list, with 45 sites in all. It is also one of the European has blessed it with a Union’s richest reservoirs of biological diversity and a natural link between Europe and Africa spectacular and varied for thousands of bird species that migrate between the two continents every year. landscape. History has endowed its cities with WELCOMING innumerable stories. Spain is the world’s top destination for vacation And the sun has infused travel and ranks third internationally in terms of annual incoming visitors. Everyone is invited. its people with a special character admired throughout the world. There’s no question LIFE about it: Spain is special. A LONG INTERNATIONAL FILM TRADITION A SOLID Spain has a long history of hosting international film productions. ¡ACCIÓN! Samuel Bronston maintained a studio AUDIOVISUAL in Madrid in the early ‘60s where blockbusters such as El Cid and Doctor Zhivago came to life. These days, a SECTOR rising number of foreign television, Spain produces and exports animation, and advertising projects every kind of audiovisual content. are being carried out in Spain as well. The Spanish audiovisual industry maintains a consolidated presence in the official AUDIOVISUAL FROM SPAIN stand at major international GREAT sector trade fairs. Spain is becoming an international reference in animation and cutting-edge film TAX technologies. A Spaniard received a Scientific and Engineering Award from the American Academy of Motion INCENTIVES Picture Arts and Sciences in 2017. Government tax rebates and credits for foreign productions offered at the national, regional, and local level are very competitive, ranging from 20 up to 40%. TOTAL MOBILITY AMAZING Spain has the most extensive high-speed rail network in Europe, Why are so 48 airports that offer fast and easy VARIETY OF connections with major cities across the world, and more than 110,000 many films LOCATIONS miles of roads and motorways. The forces of history and nature shot in this have made Spain an unparalleled location for motion picture TOP production. No other country offers the same level of geographic, country? cultural, and architectural diversity. HOTEL AND HOSPITALITY A PERFECT SERVICES CLIMATE Spain’s tourism sector is fully equipped to satisfy the needs The long hours of sunlight and of every kind of incoming guest. mild temperatures found in much Wherever you choose to shoot, of Spain year-round allow producers and whatever your budget and to plan accurate production schedules. specific requirements, Spain offers However, with ten climate zones, the right type of accommodation, the country offers verdant, misty, dining, and catering facilities and and snow-capped settings as well. services for any production team. 4 SPANISH FRAMES SPANISH FRAMES 5 I have a These islands The secret behind are beautiful, I WAS production design PREDILEC- for film is the team TION FOR THE CLIMATE THRILLED and we have IS PERFECT TO WORK IN OUTSTAND- SHOOTING and the people here are wonderful. I had no idea SPAIN, ING TAX INCENTIVES IN SPAIN they were part of Spain. the team enjoyed it The attraction of Spain for foreign film and television productions lies not only in the calibre of its I’ve shot four films too, and we really TECHNICAL internationally renowned professionals, unbeatable locations, natural conditions and wonderful here and I’m very happy SHIRLEY appreciated the warm climate, but also in a new tax framework that improves on the existing system of incentives for the with what Spain offers in welcome we received. TALENT terms of natural settings MACLAINE here in Spain. cinema industry. Further information available at: www.audiovisualfromspain.com and tax incentives. STEVEN SANDRA HERMIDA production director, RIDLEY We had some SPIELBERG SCOTT FABULOUS A MONSTER Rebates and credits for foreign films and TV series MOMENTS This is CALLS The Game here and the people AN AMAZ- of Thrones team were very friendly. It is as if it was NATIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL LEVEL had a good time ING PLACE. filming in Spain. There are dreamers DESIGNED It’s a beautiful place BRAD PITT in the world, and everyone had just come to look FOR US a great experience. We couldn’t at these buildings. many years ago, Shooting in have accomplished we couldn’t have Spain is a all that we did % % GEORGE paid to build this. 40 35 if not for the % D.B. WEISS 20 LOVE FEST. CLOONEY showrunner, BASIS: CANARY ISLANDS NAVARRE RICHARD PLEPLER HARD WORK • Expenses for creatives (with tax Chairman and dedication residence in Spain or any EU member REQUIREMENTS*: REQUIREMENTS* : of our Spanish crew. GAME OF and CEO of state) up to €100,000 per person. • Minimum expenditure of €1 • Minimum of one week filming in THRONES • Expenditure on technical industries million in the Canary Islands. Navarre (interiors or exteriors). HBO TOM and other suppliers. • Amount deducted must not exceed • Deduction applied with no €5.4 million when expenditure limit on spend amount. REQUIREMENTS* : CRUISE is in the Canary Islands. • Deadline for implementation in • Minimum expenditure of €1 million in Spain. • Producers (service) with tax event of tax shortfall: 15 years. • Must not exceed €3 million per production. residence in the Canary Islands. • The case of a services company • Deduction amount combined with • Deduction amount combined with tax residence in the Navarre other benefits must not exceed with other benefits must not region, providing services to 50% of production costs. exceed 50% of production costs. international producers. • Deduction amount combined with other benefits must not exceed 50% of production costs. * Producers must be registered with the REC (Film Companies Register). IN LOVE Further information: [email protected]; [email protected] WITH SPAIN Tax credits are also available for Spanish productions (applicable to co-productions) 6 SPANISH FRAMES SPANISH FRAMES 7 PREHISTORIC ANCESTRAL ROMAN BARBARIAN BEAUTIFUL SITES SOCIETIES HISPANIA THRONES AL-ANDALUS Spain is the home of numerous Indigenous societies that emerged After wresting control of the Crisis within the Roman world and The conquest of nearly the entire vestiges of the earliest stages of in Spain during the first millennium peninsula from the Carthaginians the collapse of the Western Empire Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic human cultural development such BC were greatly enriched by the in the first century BC, the Romans at the end of the fifth century led Islands by Muslim invaders marked as the inexhaustible archaeological contributions of the most advanced annexed it to their empire as to the rise of a myriad of kingdoms the emergence of Al-Andalus, treasures of Atapuerca and the civilizations of the western Hispania and sought to supplant founded by barbarian peoples. whose last stronghold on the paleolithic cave paintings of Mediterranean and central Europe. the traces of earlier cultures there. The Alans, Vandals, and Suevi that continent, the Nazarid Sultanate Altamira, considered the most Celts, Phoenicians, and Greeks Spain has magnificent examples came to control various areas of of Granada, survived until the end important and best preserved all exerted a decisive influence of architecture and infrastructure Hispania were eventually subdued of the fifteenth century. The impact of their kind in the world. on the mosaic of autochthonous dating back to this period. by the Visigoths, who established of Muslim rule on Spanish culture SPANISH EPICS peoples that inhabited the a royal court in Toledo. is still visible today in the form 1 3 Spain is a vivid tapestry of cultures and landscapes in which any type of story could unfold. peninsula at that time. of numerous, astonishing, 4 well-preserved buildings 2 Numerous civilizations and religions have left their imprint here over time—from Roman settlements that could be straight out of to Arab medinas and Christian fortresses.
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