India and Spain strengthen industrial relations ahead of Film Bazaar

India and Spain, host country of Film Bazaar, seek to improve their relations in the film and television industries. the two countries signed a tripartite memorandum last week to boost production and help filmmakers. The agreement was signed by the Producers Guild of India, the Spain Film Commission and Casa de la India.

"The association will help Indian producers - across film, television and digital content - to access the very best in equipment, talent, facilities, locations, incentives and government support while filming in Spain,” PGI said on Friday.

The two countries have an audiovisual co-production treaty signed in 2012. But the NFDC's Film Facilitation website of the Office does not show any examples of use for a feature film.

Next to the MOU, industry delegations sat down to discuss the cooperation. The Producers Guild of India delegation was led by President Shibasish Sarkar and executives from Yash Raj Films, Netflix India, Amazon Studios, Sony Pictures, Luv Films, Applause Entertainment, Abundantia Entertainment, Roy Kapur Films and SOL Productions.

The Spanish delegation was led by Carlos Rosado Cobián (president of the Spanish Film Commission) and included Juan Manuel Guimerans (Spanish Film Commission); Guillermo Rodriguez (director, Casa de la India), Fernando Victoria de Lecea, president of PROFILM, the Spanish association of chain producers.

Several delegates will be attending the NFDC-supported Project Film Bazaar market, which will run from November 20 to November 24 in Goa. Among them are Juan Antonio Casado from Pok Productions, delegates from the Spanish Film Commission and Rodriguez from Casa de la India.

Casado is currently in advanced preparation on the Spain-India joint venture film "The Princess of Kapurthala ,” will be jointly directed by Michael Radford (“Il Postino”) and Manuel Estudillo.

Rodriguez, founder of Valladolid-based Casa de la India, is an author, scholar and producer with decades of experience specializing in the relationship between the two cultures. In 2010, he received the González-Sinde Award from the Spanish Film Academy for promoting Spanish cinema in India through the Spanish Film Festival. Two years later, he was awarded the Foreign Minister's Friendship Award by the Government of India, for his contribution to Indo-Spanish cultural relations.

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