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  • Advantages
    • Colombia
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  • Incentives
    • LAW 1556 2012
    • AVAILABLE RESOURCES
    • FFC – COLOMBIA FILM FUND
    • CINA – CERTIFICATES OF AUDIOVISUAL INVESTMENT
    • PAYMENT OF TAXES WITH THE CINA
    • VAT EXEMPTION
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WHY SHOOT
IN COLOMBIA?

Colombia offers incentives for audiovisual projects 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**

*Provided by Colombian companies or individuals of Colombian nationality and residents in the country.
**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
Production and postproduction
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 (spanish version) and Annexes.

If you want to learn more about the negociation and use of the CINA incentive click here.

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 2022: 1

FFC

0%

0 100%

Balance
$1.285.153.974(COP)

The top limit per project will be $3,500,000,000.

Last update: May 16th, 2023

FFC

Projects approved 2023: 1

CINA

Projects approved 2023: 10

CINA

$300.000.000.000

CINA

0 100%

Balance
$247.153.413.347 (COP)

Last update: May 16th, 2023

Calle 35 N° 5-89
Barrio La Merced
Bogotá-Colombia
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Colombian Film Commission
Calle 35 N° 5-89
Barrio La Merced
Bogotá-Colombia
Tel. (+57) 310 805 90 40

Find more information about Colombian film cinema at Proimágenes Colombia:
www.proimagenescolombia.com

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