Through Law 1556 of 2012, Colombia offers incentives for audiovisual projects that are fully or partially developed in the country.
FFC – CASH REBATE
Reimbursement of 40% of the expenses in audiovisual services* and 20% of the expenditures for logistics services* in the country.
Local and foreign projects in the following formats:
Film works
Series
Music videos
Animation
In the stages of :
Production
Production and postproduction**
**To be eligible for the FFC, a post-production project must have benefited from the FFC in the previous year in the production modality (art 7.3 MAR).
CINA – TRANSFERABLE TAX CREDIT
Tax Discount Certificate for 35% of the expenses in audiovisual and logistics services* in the country.
Foreign projects in the following formats:
Film works
Series
Music videos
Video games
Audiovisual production for advertising
Animation
In the stages of:
Production
Postproduction
Production and postproduction
*Provided by Colombian companies or individuals of Colombian nationality and residents in the country.
Download the Handbook of Incentives for the audiovisual sector regarding the Law 1556 of 2012.
For specific information, please refer to the Resources Allocation Manual and Annexes.
If you want to learn more about the negotiation and use of the CINA incentive, download the instuctive here.
Watch the explanatory video of the CINA and FFC incentives
To learn more about the legal framework for incentives, please refer to Law 814 of 2003, Law 1556 of 2012, the Law 1955 of 2019, the Resolution 065 of 2021 and Decrees 1080 of 2015, Decrees 794 of 2018 and 474 of 2020
FFC
Projects approved 2024: 4
$9.550.397.870 COP
Balance:$596.790.133 COP
The top limit per project:
$3.500.000.000
Last update: October 4th, 2024
CINA
Projects approved 2024: 29
$310.000.000.000 COP
Balance
$158.938.327.678 COP
Last update: October 4th, 2024
