Barcelona & Catalonia

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Wide range of locations: • • • •

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580 kilometres of coastline with beaches and towns 230 kilometres of mountain ranges with mountains of up to 3,000 metres More than 25 nature parks Architectural styles from prehistoric constructions and Greek and Roman ruins through to Mediaeval, Baroque and Renaissance churches, as well as castles and examples of modern and contemporary architecture Large cities, picturesque little towns and rural areas untouched by the passage of time

Production hub: • • •

150 feature film and TV production companies 2,000 companies linked to the audiovisual sector Over 20,000 skilled and specialist audiovisual professionals

An average of 50 feature films are shot every year in Catalonia. Barcelona is the unique set for one third of them, the rest take place in locations that may be scattered all over the territory

Cover: Moisés Torné

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ŠAleix Marin

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15% TAX REBATE FOR INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTIONS Foreign film and TV productions can access a 15% tax rebate on their eligible spend in mainland Spain if they meet the following requirements: • • •

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The production must not qualify as Spanish There must be a minimum eligible spend of 1M€ The foreign production company must hire the services of a Spanish production company which will collect the rebate from the Spanish Tax Authorities

Eligible spend: •

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Creative staff (director, screenwriter, composer, DoP, main actors, film editor, production designer, sound mixer, costume designer and key make-up artist) with tax residence in Spain or in another state of the European Union, capped at maximum 50,000€ per person Expenses derived from the use of technical industries and other service providers based in Spain: • • • •

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Staff (other than the creative staff previously stated) Extras and stunts Set construction and props Location rentals

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Costumes, make-up and hair supplies VFX + SFX materials Camera + light, grip material Post-production Catering and hotels of staff directly related to the production Transport within Spain Civil liability insurance directly related to the production

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The production can claim up to to 2,5 million euros in tax rebate, calculated as the 15% of the total eligible spend in Spain

CATALUNYA FILM COMMISSION DISCLAIMER This text briefly summarizes the highlights of the Spanish Tax Rebate. It is strongly advised to take any accounting, legal or investment decisions upon further consultation with legal advisors and / or a local Spanish production company that can assess your production in deeper detail.

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漏Jaume Mir贸

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Diversity of landscapes to double for sets around the world

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©Moisés Torné

©Jaume Miró

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©Lluís Botella

©David Sánchez

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©Eva Piqué

©BSM

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Heritage as backdrop for period or fantasy drama, from Parfume, Story of a Murderer, to Game of Thrones

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©Jaume Jordana

©Roger Colom

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©Sergi Cabrera

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“Barcelona is great for its architecture, music, the city itself, the food, the people. I have never had so much fun on location” – Sigourney Weaver, while in Barcelona starring in Red Lights

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©Moisés Torné

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ŠRai Batlle

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Modern and cosmopolitan, trendy. Catalonia is an avant-garde, ahead-of-thecurve region, with Englishspeaking crews and state-ofthe-art technology.

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©Eros Albarrán

©Jordi Barrera

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ŠJuliån Espinal

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Industrial parks on the city outskirts, textile colonies that flourished along the banks of rivers in the late 19th century, ports, train stations, immense warehouses ready to welcome film crews

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漏Jaume Mir贸

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©Toni Duch

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A 12,000 km road network, plus four international airports, ports with regular passenger lines and a high speed railway line connected to France and the rest of Spain

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©Manel Manteca

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ŠJordi Barrera

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More than 300 days of sunshine per year. Ten hours of light per day in winter and up to sixteen in summer. Typically Mediterranean temperatures, with moderate rainfalls in autumn and spring

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©Sergi Cabrera

©Jaume Miró

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©Joan Carles Ribas

©Joan Carles Ribas

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漏Jaume Mir贸

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25 nature parks, a 300 km mountain range, the Pyrenees, snowcapped mountains and forests with fir beech or oak trees to more Mediterranean environments with pine and holm-oak

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©Moisés Torné

©Jordi Barrera

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ŠEduard Tarrado

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Big lakes and reservoirs, alongside mountain springs and wide rivers are especially popular with commercials

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©Rai Batlle

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©Jordi Barrera

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©Jaume Miró

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580 km of coast, with beaches, ports and traditional fishing towns and villages

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©Eva Piqué

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©Eva Piqué

©Jordi Barrera

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Fantasy and horror films are deeply rooted in Catalonia, home to the [REC] series by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls, to be released in 2016 or Brad Anderson’s The Machinist, there is a wide choice of mysterious landscapes to choose from

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©Julián Espinal ©Lluís Botella

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ŠParc Audiovisual de Catalunya

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ŠParc Audiovisual de Catalunya

To complement outstanding exterior shoots, Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya and Park Media offer the the biggest studios and soundstages in the Barcelona area, up to 19,913 ft2 (1850 m2), while a good range of smaller options can be found in the city and other towns in Catalonia.

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ŠParc Audiovisual de Catalunya

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www.bcncatfilmcommission.cat

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Catalunya

Film Commission

Ronda Guinard贸, 59 Bis. 08024 Barcelona +34 93 454 80 66 filmcommission@bcn.cat

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Passatge de la Banca, 1-3.

08002 Barcelona +34 93 552 91 63 cfc@gencat.cat

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