Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced Wednesday the launch of a Spain Audiovisual Hub plan to offer a total €1.6 billion ($1.9 billion) over 2021-25 to power up Spanish film and TV production, and encourage big foreign players to shoot and set up production centers in Spain.
One early beneficiary of the scheme, according to Spanish press reports, will be Disney, which on March 26 bows romantic comedy “Besos Al Aire,“ its first Disney Plus Spanish original – although a pick-up from Spanish broadcast network Mediaset España.
Addressing Spanish industry representatives on Wednesday in Madrid, Sánchez also stressed that the Spain Audiovisual Hub initiated was designed to convert Spain into a talent hub.
More concrete measures include the support and digitalization of Spain’s content business, its promotion, and the expansion of its international reach, and the attraction of global investment, for which the government has put aside €240 million ($283 million) through 2025.
The lion’s share of aid,...
One early beneficiary of the scheme, according to Spanish press reports, will be Disney, which on March 26 bows romantic comedy “Besos Al Aire,“ its first Disney Plus Spanish original – although a pick-up from Spanish broadcast network Mediaset España.
Addressing Spanish industry representatives on Wednesday in Madrid, Sánchez also stressed that the Spain Audiovisual Hub initiated was designed to convert Spain into a talent hub.
More concrete measures include the support and digitalization of Spain’s content business, its promotion, and the expansion of its international reach, and the attraction of global investment, for which the government has put aside €240 million ($283 million) through 2025.
The lion’s share of aid,...
- 3/24/2021
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Pilar Palomero’s feature debut has scooped the Spanish producers’ prize for the best fiction film of 2020, thus gaining a strong foothold in the awards race that has just kicked off. On Saturday 16 January, the ceremony for the 26th edition of the José María Forqué Film Awards was held in the Ifema Palacio Municipal in Madrid, with less than half of its usual number of audience members, in accordance with the restrictions imposed by the pandemic. Indeed, only the nominees themselves were in attendance, alongside a clutch of industry guests and a handful of officials, such as Minister of Culture José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes. The big winner was Schoolgirls, the feature debut by Pilar Palomero, which trounced its rivals in the Best Fiction Feature of 2020 category – namely, Rosa’s Wedding, a comedy-drama by Icíar Bollaín; Adú,...
The amendments include measures intended to encourage the production of documentaries and animated films, as well as others to support budding directors and co-productions with Latin America. In December last year, at the behest of the head of the Spanish government’s Ministry of Culture and Sport, José Manuel Rodríguez Uribes, the Council of Ministers passed an amendment to Royal Decree 1084/2015, which is being used to develop the so-called Film Law. It includes new measures aimed at stimulating audiovisual activity as well as measures of a procedural nature, and improvements to the technical aspects. In particular, the approved modifications relate to so-called “difficult” audiovisual works, with new criteria being set up to promote films made exclusively by women, the production of documentaries, animations and co-productions with Latin American countries. Furthermore, it bolsters support for short films, movies in Spain’s co-official languages other than Castilian Spanish, and works by budding creators.
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