FAP celebrates 5 years defending the interests of the Spanish producers

FAPAE celebrates 25 years defending the interests of the Spanish producers Audiovisual producers make balance sheet of Spanish cinema in 1991 to 2016, period in which the number of spectators has doubled.

The FAPAE Confederation, which groups the Spanish audiovisual producers, has held today, in the 19th Festival de M laga. Spanish cinema, its 25th anniversary. In April 1991 born FAPAE with the same objective that remains today: defend the interests of the Spanish audiovisual producers.

At the press conference that had place today, Ramon Colom, President of FAPAE have appeared, along with Marta Velasco, who attended on behalf of the Association of Audiovisual production in Andalusia (AEPAA-APRIA) companies.

Throughout these years, as well as its institutional representativeness, FAPAE has managed to position itself as a reference in the source of data in the sector. In this sense, the Confederation has made a balance over the past 25 years of Spanish cinema.

Ramon Colom pointed out that "Spanish cinema has managed to connect with viewers and is a change in the perception and assessment of our cinema". The number of spectators has doubled; In 1991 there were 9.1 million viewers and in 2015, 18 million. Thus, in 1991 the market share was 10.9% and in 2015 19%.

According to the data provided in this assessment, which is available on the website of FAPAE, over the past 25 years has multiplied by five the number of active film companies that produce a greater diversity of genres and has tripled the number of international co-productions. However, the average cost of the Spanish films has been reduced in recent years, returning to the levels of the year 2000, with 1.8 million euros.

162 Spanish films were seen by more than half a million spectators and 75 of these surpassed one million spectators over the last 25 years. In 1991, just a Spanish movie surpassed one million spectators, High heels. By 2015, there are five feature films that have passed this slat: Eight Catalan surname, grabs the flag, losing the North, regression and Now or never, as in 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2014.

Noteworthy is the increase in % 803 international awards to Spanish cinema, despite the decline in the presence of Spanish cinema at international festivals, which has fallen by 36.7%, from 147 in 2000 to 93 in 2014.

New model of aid

Ramon Colom, also carried out an analysis of the current audiovisual situation with special attention to the new model of AIDS to the film that is being implemented.

Once again they have given to know the data of the year in Spanish cinematography; in these three and a half months of 2016 are not reflected, for the moment, substantial changes compared to the same period in 2015 in the reported shooting of Spanish cinema, 38, and made productions, 51.

The collection of Spanish cinema halls reaches the 36 million euros, almost double that in 2015 by these dates. The share of Spanish cinema, on 18 April, amounts to 19.3%, similar to the share which was completed in 2015 and superior to that obtained in the same date last year, which was 10% (according to ComScore data).

Cinematography andaluza

Ramon Colom has been accompanied by Marta Velasco (on behalf of the Andalusian Association of producers, AEPAA-APRIA), who has insisted on the need to develop the two laws that exist in the Andalusian Parliament (the law of cinema and Audiovisual Law) which have to be approved, inter alia, "with regard to the request for new aid of ICAA ", which require a certain level of guaranteed funding to overcome the expected cuts", has indicated. AEPAA-APRIA had the commitment of regional government that the new aid rules would be published in the first quarter of 2016, and to date, there has been no announcement.

Respecto a los datos facilitados en el balance, destaca que en estos 25 a os, Andaluc a ha pasado de dos empresas activas de cine en 1995 a 23 en 2014.

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