Buoyed with Paco Plaza’s “Sister Death” riding high in Netflix non-English film global rankings for a second week running, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Madrid-based El Estudio has named seasoned Spanish showrunner Tirso Calero, creator and script co-ordinator on “Servir y Proteger,” “Bandolera” and “L’Alqueria Blanca,” as TV contents director in Spain. He is based out of Madrid. His incorporation coincides with the creation of a TV division at El Estudio, which Calero will head up.
Taking effect from last week, the appointment makes large strategic sense. El Estudio founders and chiefs Enrique López Lavigne and Pablo Cruz are among the top and most cosmopolitan film producers in the Spanish-speaking world, Cruz ranking as Mexico’s best-known arthouse/crossover movie honcho and a driving force behind modern-day Mexican cinema when heading up Canana; and López Lavigne rating as one of Spain’s most innovative producers, seen most recently in...
Taking effect from last week, the appointment makes large strategic sense. El Estudio founders and chiefs Enrique López Lavigne and Pablo Cruz are among the top and most cosmopolitan film producers in the Spanish-speaking world, Cruz ranking as Mexico’s best-known arthouse/crossover movie honcho and a driving force behind modern-day Mexican cinema when heading up Canana; and López Lavigne rating as one of Spain’s most innovative producers, seen most recently in...
- 11/13/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Rio de Janeiro city authorities are looking to increase Rio’s cash rebate for international shoots launched last October by city org RioFilme with a 35% deduction rate on expenditure and R$15 million ($3.0 million) in total funding.
“We have on the table a proposal to double that,” Marcelo Calero, Rio de Janeiro city secretary of culture told Variety at Cannes. That 100% hike would be subject to the “approval chain that we have to follow at the city hall,” he added.
A decision may be made by June when RioFilme is set to issue the call for applications for a second year of the cash rebate.
An increase would build on a first year of operations which Calero rated a “tremendous success,” he said, noting a specific increase in both the number of shoots in Rio and days spent filming there.
Total shoot days last year in Rio stood at above 7,000, which...
“We have on the table a proposal to double that,” Marcelo Calero, Rio de Janeiro city secretary of culture told Variety at Cannes. That 100% hike would be subject to the “approval chain that we have to follow at the city hall,” he added.
A decision may be made by June when RioFilme is set to issue the call for applications for a second year of the cash rebate.
An increase would build on a first year of operations which Calero rated a “tremendous success,” he said, noting a specific increase in both the number of shoots in Rio and days spent filming there.
Total shoot days last year in Rio stood at above 7,000, which...
- 5/21/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
RioFilme applies to double annual funding to projects that qualify for cash rebate.
Public agency RioFilme has applied to increase annual funding allocated to international and local projects which qualify for the cash rebate of up to 35% as it seeks to further boost the city’s production profile.
Executives at RioFilme, parent body to Rio Film Commission, are awaiting approval from city leaders in June to raise the annual funding from R$15m (Usd $3m) to as much as R$30m (Usd $6m).
June is also when RioFilme will invite the next round of applications from producers of features, documentaries,...
Public agency RioFilme has applied to increase annual funding allocated to international and local projects which qualify for the cash rebate of up to 35% as it seeks to further boost the city’s production profile.
Executives at RioFilme, parent body to Rio Film Commission, are awaiting approval from city leaders in June to raise the annual funding from R$15m (Usd $3m) to as much as R$30m (Usd $6m).
June is also when RioFilme will invite the next round of applications from producers of features, documentaries,...
- 5/21/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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