Abstract

DIAZ-GONZALEZ, María-Jesús  and  GONZALEZ-DEL-VALLE, Almudena. Film Policies and Film Production in Spain during the Economic Crisis (2007-2017). Palabra Clave [online]. 2021, vol.24, n.1, e2413.  Epub Mar 04, 2021. ISSN 0122-8285.  https://doi.org/10.5294/pacla.2021.24.1.3.

Europe’s leading film-producing countries are France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. They were all hit by the global economic crisis, which had a particularly severe impact on Europe in 2010-2012. The consequences of this crisis for film policies and the film industry are understudied. Spain is a unique case for this study because it had to ask the European Union for a financial assistance programme. What changes were made to State film policies as a result of the crisis? How did those changes reflect on the feature film production? This article aims to answer these questions. The method used includes an analysis of film-industry policy documents and official data, and in-depth interviews. The period studied is 2007-2017. The results refer to topics such as State aid for film production; tax incentives; value-added tax (VAT); the obligation to provide advance funding for European audiovisual production, and the number, genre, and mean cost of the feature films produced.

Keywords : Cultural policy and planning; economic crisis; film production; film industry; Spain.

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