![]() “In Madrid, like the rest of Spain, the number of TV drama shoots surpasses those for film. Upcoming TV dramas by global SVOD players shooting in Madrid also include Netflix original mystery “White Lines,” produced by “The Crown’s” U.K.-based Left Bank Pictures, and executive produced by Alex Pina Alex de la Iglesia’s exorcism series “30 Coins,” produced for HBO by Pokeepsie Films, and Amazon Original series “La Templanza,” an Atresmedia Studios-Boomerang TV production. This spring, Movistar +, in partnership with Vaca Films, is also lensing Dani de la Torre’s cop thriller “La Unidad.” Enrique Urbizu’s thriller series “Gigantes” shot at multiple Madrid locations such as the traditional Rastro district and peripheral shanty towns. Film Madrid kicked off operations in 2016 the City Hall has run a Madrid Film Office since last year.įilm Madrid has advised numerous Movistar + originals since the beginning of the pay TV’s fiction production in 2017. ![]() The rapid increase in TV series shoots has sparked a reaction from both local and regional authorities. “The wonderful moment Spanish TV fiction is going through has turned Madrid into an essential reference for international shoots,” says Castro. It’s proving increasingly attractive as a destination for foreign shoots. Like the rest of Spain’s mainland, Madrid can tap into a 20% tax rebate for international film and TV projects. “Madrid has the chance to become a quality production center at a reasonable price,” says Fresco Film founder Peter Welter. Last year, over 40 international film and TV projects shot totally or partially in Madrid. “International companies’ decision to locate in Madrid means recognition for local talent, technical capacity and industry maturity,” says Samuel Castro, coordinator of Film Madrid, Madrid’s regional government initiative to promote and advise film and TV shoots. With 24 global originals in some phase of production or development in Spain, this year Netflix will employ about 25,000 actors, technician and extras. Netflix’s first European Production Hub is located at Tres Cantos’ Secuoya Studios, a 22,000 square-meter (236,800 square-foot) campus. The heist thriller series’ third part, planned for a July 19 global release, is produced by Netflix at Tres Cantos, as well as the second season of teen drama “Elite,” another standout Netflix Original from Spain. ![]() ![]() That’s the origin of global phenomenon “ La Casa de Papel,” which shot there in 2016-2017, produced by Alex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato’s Vancouver for private network Atresmedia. A hundred yards down the road are the offices of Mediterráneo, the new content production-distribution center of Mediaset España, Spain’s top rated broadcaster.Įlsewhere, Viacom International Studios has set up offices in Madrid, while Dynamo, Colombia’s biggest production house which took a “Narcos” production credit, is enlarging theirs.Īlso, European production-distribution giants Beta Film and Federation Entertainment are establishing Madrid-based operations as beachheads eyeing the Latin American market.īefore the arrival en masse of big international players, Madrid was the major production center of Spain’s film and TV industries, with a special emphasis, during the last two decades, on primetime series production for free-to-air TV. ![]()
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