Open AccessFilm Policies and Film Production in Spain during the Economic Crisis (2007–2017)
Author(s) -
María-Jesús Díaz-González,
Almudena González-del-Valle
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
palabra clave
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2027-534X
pISSN - 0122-8285
DOI - 10.5294/pacla.2021.24.1.3
Subject(s) - european union , financial crisis , production (economics) , incentive , feature film , film industry , economic policy , obligation , state (computer science) , business , political science , economy , economics , market economy , law , history , movie theater , macroeconomics , algorithm , computer science , art history
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.