Film Permits in Buenos Aires

Film permits are necessary in Buenos Aires if you plan on filming with a professional crew that will cause disruption to auto or pedestrian traffic, or if special effects will be used or action happen that can confuse or endanger passersby (for example, an actor uses a gun), or you need to park trucks, use … Continue reading →

Argentina´s Film Union: SICA

If you are planning on filming a movie (for theatrical release or for television) or a commercial, one of the key players you will be dealing with is the film crew union, or SICA (Sindicato de la Industria Cinematográfica). Unlike in other Latin American countries, film crew members are not independent contractors: they need to … Continue reading →

Argentina Struggles to Ask: Are too Many Movies Made?

Argentina produces more than 60 films annually that are commercially released (the number of super independent productions that don´t make it into cinemas is impossible to calculate, but let´s say, at least 100 more).  Hollywood releases about twice that. In other words, a country with about 10% the population of the US manages to make … Continue reading →

Review: Seminar on Obtaining Government funding for Documentaries and Movies in Argentina

Yesterday, Gabriel Balanovsky, co-founder of San Telmo Productions, attended a seminar hosted by “Haciendo Cine” –a magazine devoted to helping filmmakers in Argentina–about the new funding guidelines set by the INCAA, the national film board. The seminar was given by renowned producers Verónica Cura and Hugo Castro Fau and gave a glimpse of the exciting … Continue reading →

Argentina grants intellectual property rights to movie directors

Yesterday, President Christina Ferndandez de Kitchner signed an into law a decree that grants intellectual property rights of finished movies to directors. Since 2004, directors have only been recognized as co-authors of a film, along with the screenwriter and producer. Now, only the Argentine Cinema Directors of (Directores Argentinos Cinematográficos or DAC) will be able … Continue reading →

Do you need a film permit or permission to film in Argentina?

It depends on the size of your production. If you’re filming will not disrupt traffic or a sidewalk, your local production company can get a general permit for the city of Buenos Aires and other cities. This permit will allow you to film in most public places (some parks are special cases) without a tripod. … Continue reading →

VARIETY ARTICLE: New Screen Quotas in Argentina Favor Local Films

Argentina stiffens quotas Regulations enacted to protect local films By CHARLES NEWBERY Hollywood pics might have a slightly tougher time in Argentina now that the country’s Incaa Film Institute has beefed up exhibition regulations to protect local films. Exhibitors, the biggest of which are foreign multiplexes, must screen local films for at least two weeks. … Continue reading →

National Film Board Changes Funding Laws

The national film board, the INCAA (Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales) has just released new funding guidelines that will govern which fiction and documentary projects will be made in Argentina. For the first time, producers can apply for funds for already produced movies. Presently, a lot of movies are made with very small … Continue reading →