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Production Spend Quadruples in Spain’s Bilbao-Bizkaia as Tax Credits Kick In
Among shoots are Netflix’s hugely anticipated ‘The Platform 2,' 'The Other Side,' 'Detective Touré,' 'Angela' and 'Querer.'
The incontrovertible and immediate effect of muscular tax credits, entering in force in 2023, have powered to a new level the shoot scene in Bilbao and Bizkaia – the Basque city and surrounding province in Northern Spain. Further 2023 shoots take in “Anatema,” with Leonor Watling (“Talk To Her”), for Alex de la Iglesia’s Banijay-owned Pookespie Films and Sony Pictures International Productions; the Ibon Cormenzana-directed “The Bus of Life,” from his Barcelona-based label Arcadia Motion Pictures, producer of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Cesar and Goya winner “The Beasts” and Neon U.S. pick-up Oscar-nominated “Robot Dreams”; and “Marco,” from ‘The Endless Trench’ directors Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño and Irusoin and Moriarti Produkzioak. Disney+ ’s “The Other Side,” RTVE’s “Detective Touré,” Atresmedia/Disney+’s “Angela,” and Movistar Plus+’s “Querer”also shot in Bilbao-Bizkaia last year as Spain’s biggest players and top independents flock to the territory.
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