Government sources leak potential production and exhibition fraud.
Corners of the Spanish production and exhibition sector are facing embarrassment following media reports of potential fraud.
According to national paper El Pais, a government investigation is underway after a handful of producers and exhibitors may have tampered with attendance figures in order to qualify for government subsidies.
In Spain, box office is one of the yardsticks the Spanish Ministry of Culture uses when it comes to channelling public money to film productions that apply for financial support.
In order to access money, the producer of a film shot in Spanish must prove that a film must reach 60,000 spectators or 30,000 if it was shot in another language.
According to media reports quoting government sources the pressure to reach these quotas might have pushed some producers to buy up tickets themselves in order to hit their quota and for exhibitors to have doctored admissions data.
According to the...
Corners of the Spanish production and exhibition sector are facing embarrassment following media reports of potential fraud.
According to national paper El Pais, a government investigation is underway after a handful of producers and exhibitors may have tampered with attendance figures in order to qualify for government subsidies.
In Spain, box office is one of the yardsticks the Spanish Ministry of Culture uses when it comes to channelling public money to film productions that apply for financial support.
In order to access money, the producer of a film shot in Spanish must prove that a film must reach 60,000 spectators or 30,000 if it was shot in another language.
According to media reports quoting government sources the pressure to reach these quotas might have pushed some producers to buy up tickets themselves in order to hit their quota and for exhibitors to have doctored admissions data.
According to the...
- 12/4/2015
- ScreenDaily
San Sebastian: Local films secure best-ever box office share of 23.6%.
Spanish films have scored their best ever slice of the local box office, recording a 23.6% share.
This success is partly due to major domestic hits including Emilio Martinez Lazaro’s Spanish Affair, which has grossed a staggering $73.9m box office, and Daniel Monzon’s El Niño, which has drawn $15.3m to date.
The share could grow to 25% by year end, according to Spanish producer’s association Fapae.
This further growth is expected from upcoming films such as Alberto Rodriguez’s San Sebastian competition title Marshland; hit franchises Torrente 5, from Santiago Segura, and Rec 4: Apocalypse, from Jaume Balaguero; and comic adaptation Mortadelo & Filemón: Mission Implausible .
But despite the success, the Spanish film industry has continued to struggle.
Ramon Colom, president of Fapae, told Screen: “There is a paradox. Spanish films have never been so successful. The backing of Spanish TV networks has been key to this success...
Spanish films have scored their best ever slice of the local box office, recording a 23.6% share.
This success is partly due to major domestic hits including Emilio Martinez Lazaro’s Spanish Affair, which has grossed a staggering $73.9m box office, and Daniel Monzon’s El Niño, which has drawn $15.3m to date.
The share could grow to 25% by year end, according to Spanish producer’s association Fapae.
This further growth is expected from upcoming films such as Alberto Rodriguez’s San Sebastian competition title Marshland; hit franchises Torrente 5, from Santiago Segura, and Rec 4: Apocalypse, from Jaume Balaguero; and comic adaptation Mortadelo & Filemón: Mission Implausible .
But despite the success, the Spanish film industry has continued to struggle.
Ramon Colom, president of Fapae, told Screen: “There is a paradox. Spanish films have never been so successful. The backing of Spanish TV networks has been key to this success...
- 9/24/2014
- by jsardafr@hotmail.com (Juan Sarda)
- ScreenDaily
Spanish films have snagged a record 23.6 percent market share at the local box office, marking the highest share for domestic films in Spain ever for a September figure, according to Spanish producers lobby Fapae president Ramon Colom. He cited data as of last week, which still held true as of this weekend. Last year, the figure stood at 19.1 percent. The figure, buoyed by successes from Telecinco Cinema like A Spanish Affair and El Nino, is likely to grow to over 25 percent, Colom said, citing upcomig films like Damian Szifron’sWild Tales, Alberto Rodriguez’s Marshland and Javier Fesser’s
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- 9/23/2014
- by Pamela Rolfe
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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