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Articles, interviews, news, analysis on the Spanish audiovisual sector.

Country profile: Spain

Country profile: Spain

16 January 2024

Foreign investment in film production in Spain falls by 33.6% in 2024

Industry / Market - Spain

Foreign investment in film production in Spain falls by 33.6% in 2024

The association of production companies PROFILM blames Spain's drop in competitiveness compared to other European countries on the lack of fiscal adjustments  

30 June 2025

ICAA and Federación Pantalla publish a report on Spanish festivals

Industry / Market - Spain

ICAA and Federación Pantalla publish a report on Spanish festivals

The study of 133 events over the last three years concludes that they are the backbone of audiovisual culture, combining accessibility, innovation and diverse programming  

23 June 2025

Fire!! Lab selects ten projects for its fifth edition

Industry / Market - Spain

Fire!! Lab selects ten projects for its fifth edition

The event, taking place between 9 and 11 June as part of the activities marking the 30th Fire!! LGBTQI+ Film Festival in Barcelona, will feature five feature films and five series  

04 June 2025

Spain promotes public measures to reinforce a passion for cinema on the big screen

Industry / Market - Spain

Spain promotes public measures to reinforce a passion for cinema on the big screen

Events promoted by the ICAA, FECE and FEDICINE, among other organisations, such as Fiesta del Cine and Senior Cinema, aim to increase cinema attendance in response to the rise of streaming platforms  

02 June 2025

Spain outlines a €1.7 billion investment plan for the audiovisual industry

Cannes 2025 – Marché du Film

Spain outlines a €1.7 billion investment plan for the audiovisual industry

CANNES 2025: The country has presented bold new financing tools at the Marché du Film in order to boost local productions and attract global investment  

24 May 2025

ECAM Forum presents the projects for its second edition

Industry / Market - Spain

ECAM Forum presents the projects for its second edition

From 10 to 13 June, filmmakers such as Mihai Mincan, Ion de Sosa, Francisca Alegría, Leire Apellaniz and Rai María will meet in Madrid to look for partners for their new works  

21 May 2025

In 2024, Spanish cinema attracted almost 14 million viewers in Spain

Box Office - Spain

In 2024, Spanish cinema attracted almost 14 million viewers in Spain

A gross of 85.6 million euros, according to the Spanish Ministry of Culture, confirms that audiences are increasingly choosing domestic productions  

16 May 2025

Manuel Muñoz Rivas and Joana Carro win awards at the eighth MECAS

Las Palmas 2025 – MECAS/Awards

Manuel Muñoz Rivas and Joana Carro win awards at the eighth MECAS

Manantial by the Spanish filmmaker has picked up the Almost-finished Films Award; the Portuguese author’s My Name Is Erik Satie, Like Everybody Else triumphed in the Films to be Made sidebar  

02 May 2025

Animayo Gran Canaria celebrates its 20th birthday

Animayo Gran Canaria 2025

Animayo Gran Canaria celebrates its 20th birthday

Numerous international figures from the world of animation, video games and special effects will meet again to share their experiences with the new generation  

23 April 2025

Spanish animation records strong results

Industry / Market - Spain

Spanish animation records strong results

The animation and visual effects sector in Spain achieved a turnover of 604 million euros in 2023, according to the White Paper produced by Diboos  

09 April 2025

The 5th D'A Film Lab Barcelona selects 26 Spanish projects

D’A 2025

The 5th D'A Film Lab Barcelona selects 26 Spanish projects

The new works by sisters Marina and Carol Rodríguez Colás, David Moragas, Jaume Claret Muxart, Andrés Goteira, Nerea Castro, Salvador Sunyer and Anxos Fazáns are among the selected works  

26 March 2025

The MAFIZ celebrates its awards ceremony at the 28th Malaga Film Festival

Malaga 2025 – MAFIZ/Awards

The MAFIZ celebrates its awards ceremony at the 28th Malaga Film Festival

Santiago Esteves's The Reborn and Pablo Maqueda's Caro Nanni stand out among the Spanish winners, and Peru's No Journey Without Return, among the Latin American winners  

24 March 2025

Málaga looks into the fight for co-creation and diversity on both sides of the Atlantic

Málaga 2025 – MAFIZ

Málaga looks into the fight for co-creation and diversity on both sides of the Atlantic

AAMMA and MAFIZ have trained the spotlight on women filmmakers with the round-table “Avenues and Opportunities for Collaboration and Co-creation between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean”  

21 March 2025

Mediaset Spain and Bambú Producciones’ period-drama series La Favorita 1922 secures pre-sales across Europe and the Americas

Industry / Market - Spain

Mediaset Spain and Bambú Producciones’ period-drama series La Favorita 1922 secures pre-sales across Europe and the Americas

Set in early-20th-century Spain, the show directed by María Togores, Samantha López Speranza and Javier Pulido revolves around a marchioness trapped in an unhappy marriage  

19 March 2025

Málaga's MAFF presents 23 Spanish and Latin American projects

Málaga 2025 – MAFIZ

Málaga's MAFF presents 23 Spanish and Latin American projects

The Málaga Festival Fund & Co Production Event will be held from 17 to 21 March, showcasing new talent to investors and seeking to promote its internationalisation  

14 March 2025

The Spanish Film Academy explores access coordination

Industry / Market - Spain

The Spanish Film Academy explores access coordination

The conference revealed the work involved in helping people with disabilities to work in the audiovisual sector and be represented on screen  

13 March 2025

The eighth Málaga WIP will showcase 16 Spanish and Latin American films

Malaga 2025 – MAFIZ

The eighth Málaga WIP will showcase 16 Spanish and Latin American films

The industry area of the Málaga Film Festival will present fiction films in the post-production phase and introduce a new section dedicated to documentary projects, Mercadoc.0  

12 March 2025

Piracy continues to have a strong impact on the Spanish audiovisual industry

Industry / Market - Spain

Piracy continues to have a strong impact on the Spanish audiovisual industry

61% of the Spanish population believes that “it is acceptable to obtain content illegally when it is for personal use,” and in 2023, there were more than 5 billion illegal accesses  

06 February 2025

The Madrid Audiovisual Investment Forum explores new opportunities for long-term financing and investment

Industry / Market - Spain

The Madrid Audiovisual Investment Forum explores new opportunities for long-term financing and investment

Last week, the Madrid Audiovisual Cluster organised a conference attended by over 160 professionals  

04 February 2025

Latido Films represents Deaf at the Berlinale

Berlinale 2025 – EFM

Latido Films represents Deaf at the Berlinale

The Spanish sales company is supporting Eva Libertad's debut film in the Panorama section, along with Gala del Sol's Sundance title Rains over Babel and David Pérez Sañudo's The Harvester  

03 February 2025

Spanish cinemas lured in 71 million viewers in 2024

Box Office - Spain

Spanish cinemas lured in 71 million viewers in 2024

Last year’s box-office takings reached €477 million; home-grown hits included Padre no hay más que uno 4, Undercover and the animated flick Buffalo Kids  

15 January 2025

RECLab celebrates ten years

Industry / Market - Spain

RECLab celebrates ten years

The REC Tarragona Film Festival's development lab launches new initiatives and offers a selection of films on the Panoramica VOD platform  

15 January 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Crew United and Spain Film Commission unveil new partnership

Industry / Market - Germany/Spain

EXCLUSIVE: Crew United and Spain Film Commission unveil new partnership

The new collaboration provides two years of free Premium Video+ profiles, offering Spanish professionals increased visibility and networking opportunities across Europe  

13 December 2024

REC Tarragona’s industry platform rewards a clutch of projects

Industry / Market - Spain

REC Tarragona’s industry platform rewards a clutch of projects

Sara Fantova, Armand Rovira, Javier Marco and Marina Wagner have won awards in Primer Test, while in RECVisions, the educational film project Victoria & Savoy took centre stage  

11 December 2024

REPORT: Zinebi Networking Pitching @ Zinebi 2024

Zinebi 2024 – Zinebi Networking

REPORT: Zinebi Networking Pitching @ Zinebi 2024

We take a detailed look at the four Basque projects that were pitched at the event freshly held in Bilbao, which were vying for a €15,000 prize  

13 November 2024

Zinebi Networking: Dokumentalen Sorgunea confirms its programme and line-up of project pitches

Zinebi 2024 – Zinebi Networking

Zinebi Networking: Dokumentalen Sorgunea confirms its programme and line-up of project pitches

A total of 14 feature-length documentary projects will be vying for two major prizes, each worth €15,000, at the Basque event  

06 November 2024

REPORT: Cartoon Springboard 2024

Cartoon 2024 - Cartoon Springboard

REPORT: Cartoon Springboard 2024

Cineuropa takes a closer look at six projects pitched at this year’s gathering, which unspooled in Madrid from 29-31 October  

04 November 2024

Gijón's FICX Pro industry programme celebrates emerging talents and innovative forms

Gijón 2024 - FICX Pro

Gijón's FICX Pro industry programme celebrates emerging talents and innovative forms

The 63rd edition of the Spanish festival welcomes ten projects in development and post-production from local emerging talents  

31 October 2024

REPORT: South Boost @ South Series 2024

South Series 2024

REPORT: South Boost @ South Series 2024

The pitching session of the series festival in Spain has presented half a dozen projects, including fiction, documentary, comedy and drama  

31 October 2024

REPORT: NEXUS Foro Pitch @ Intersección 2024

Intersección 2024

REPORT: NEXUS Foro Pitch @ Intersección 2024

The Galician festival's inaugural pitching meeting presented five feature film projects looking for international co-producers  

30 October 2024

Optimistic figures are the second edition of MERCI Valladolid

Seminci 2024

Optimistic figures are the second edition of MERCI Valladolid

Cinema taking of the members of the organising association ADICINE increased by 15 million euros last year, growing by 28%, with almost 30 fewer films released  

29 October 2024

Madrid doubles as London in the new season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

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Madrid doubles as London in the new season of The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

The Spanish capital continues to prove its versatility as a prime filming destination for international productions  

23 October 2024

Professionals from 21 countries gather at the fourth Shooting Locations Marketplace

Shooting Locations Marketplace 2024

Professionals from 21 countries gather at the fourth Shooting Locations Marketplace

A clutch of film commissioners and location professionals offer their perspectives on this year’s event in Valladolid  

23 October 2024

Europa Distribution delves into the strategic use of AI in San Sebastián

San Sebastián 2024 - San Sebastián Industry

Europa Distribution delves into the strategic use of AI in San Sebastián

The network explored the new digital tools European distributors can use in order to make the most of their distribution campaigns  

22 October 2024

The 40th MIPCOM Cannes poised to kick off with Spain as its Country of Honour

Industry / Market - Europe

The 40th MIPCOM Cannes poised to kick off with Spain as its Country of Honour

The gathering, dubbed the “mother of all entertainment content markets”, unspools between 21 and 24 October, hosting screenings of upcoming European series  

18 October 2024

València Film Afers celebrates its third edition

Valencia 2024

València Film Afers celebrates its third edition

The Mostra de València's international co-production forum presents a raft of new projects from countries in the Mediterranean basin  

17 October 2024

Successful fourth edition of Iberseries & Platino Industria

Iberseries & Platino Industria 2024

Successful fourth edition of Iberseries & Platino Industria

More than 2,600 professionals from the audiovisual sector from 50 countries gathered in Madrid for four days of activities, screenings, meetings, projects and partnerships  

15 October 2024

Abycine Lanza to award the best of its 23 candidate projects

Abycine 2024 - Abycine Lanza

Abycine Lanza to award the best of its 23 candidate projects

The section of the Albacete film festival that promotes independent cinema this year welcomes works by Sara Sálamo, Àlex Monner, Pablo Maqueda, Ion de Sosa and Guillermo García López, among others  

14 October 2024

The fourth Shooting Locations Marketplace doubles the participation of international filming destinations

Shooting Locations Marketplace 2024

The fourth Shooting Locations Marketplace doubles the participation of international filming destinations

This year, the boutique event for audiovisual filming-location professionals and production companies unspools on 15 and 16 October in Valladolid, following the success of its previous three editions  

11 October 2024

Ventana Madrid selects 16 projects

Industry / Market - Spain

Ventana Madrid selects 16 projects

The industry event, which will unspool from 11-13 November, will present 14 features (two of which are animations and one a documentary) and two fiction series  

10 October 2024

The seventh Proyecta selects 12 emerging projects

Ventana Sur 2024

The seventh Proyecta selects 12 emerging projects

As part of Ventana Sur, the initiative serves as a platform for cultivating talent and promoting film-industry growth across borders, taking place for the first time in Montevideo  

09 October 2024

Spain to be the "Country in Focus" at the 2025 European Film Market

Berlinale 2025 – EFM

Spain to be the "Country in Focus" at the 2025 European Film Market

With rich cinematic traditions and cutting-edge digital advances, the country will position itself as a key player in global cinema at the upcoming Berlinale  

08 October 2024

Medimed Doc Market reveals its selected documentary projects

Industry / Market - Spain

Medimed Doc Market reveals its selected documentary projects

Prominent industry decision makers, including those from ARTE, the BBC, Al Jazeera, SVT and Movistar Plus+, will be in attendance to discover these intriguing projects from 17-20 October  

08 October 2024

Iberseries & Platino Industria zooms in on the virtual-set revolution

Iberseries & Platino Industria 2024

Iberseries & Platino Industria zooms in on the virtual-set revolution

Experts have been debating the key commercial implications of this innovative new shooting method that avoids having to be dependent on external locations, travelling or inclement weather  

04 October 2024

TV channels and platforms present their newest offerings at Iberseries & Platino Industria

Iberseries & Platino Industria 2024

TV channels and platforms present their newest offerings at Iberseries & Platino Industria

The Iberscreenings sidebar is showing off new Ibero-American series and film content that’s fresh out or is soon to be released, such as Favàritx, Asuntos internos and Los 39  

03 October 2024

REPORT: San Sebastián Industry 2024

San Sebastián 2024 - San Sebastián Industry

REPORT: San Sebastián Industry 2024

We take a look at the winning projects of this year's Europe-Latin America Co-Production Forum, as well as those of the WIP Europa and WIP Latam sections  

01 October 2024

San Sebastián takes the pulse of the US and European film industry

San Sebastián 2024 - San Sebastián Industry

San Sebastián takes the pulse of the US and European film industry

Professionals from Europe and the USA gathered at the festival to discuss the current situation and the opportunities that might arise in the coming years  

26 September 2024

REPORT: Ikusmira Berriak @ San Sebastián 2024

San Sebastián 2024 - San Sebastián Industry

REPORT: Ikusmira Berriak @ San Sebastián 2024

We take a look at the European projects participating in this year’s residency for filmmakers, organised by the San Sebastián Film Festival, Tabakalera and the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola  

26 September 2024

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