The bill proposes new rules and aid for film and audiovisual culture

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1. The bill would regulate film and audiovisual activity in Spain, promote the production, distribution and screening of audiovisual works, and protect Spain's audiovisual heritage. It would replace the 2007 Film Law.
2. Requirements for a work to get Spanish nationality would be relaxed: minimum percentages of the team must hold Spanish or EU nationality or residence, and the original version may be in any official Spanish language, languages recognized in regional Statutes, or Spanish sign languages.
3. Age rating would move to a coregulation system: the ICAAICAA Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, the public body that manages film aid and procedures in Spain. would take part along with the CNMC, streaming services, consumer associations and industry companies. Pornographic films or those glorifying violence would still be rated 'X', with access banned for minors.
4. Recipients of public aid would no longer have to deliver copies of the works to the Filmoteca EspañolaFilmoteca Española The public institution that preserves, restores and promotes Spain's film heritage., but the specific conservation and dissemination materials. Legal deposit would also count as fulfilling this duty.
5. Box office reporting would extend to viewing data for works shown through audiovisual communication services, with data sent directly to the ICAA. The goal is to protect competition and intellectual property rights.
6. The screen quota would become more flexible: theaters would have to reserve at least 20% of their sessions for European or Ibero-American films, and those films would count double if they are animated, documentaries, subtitled originals, or directed exclusively by women, among other cases.
7. The bill includes many state aid lines managed by the ICAA: scripts, production, distribution, theaters, heritage conservation, festivals, research and audiovisual literacy. Production and distribution aid would require including audio description and subtitling systems.
8. A State Council for Cinematography and Audiovisual Culture would be created within six months of the law taking effect, and the Spanish Historical Heritage Law would be amended to expressly include cinematographic and audiovisual heritage.

Who it affects

• Movie theaters: they would have to report their activity to the ICAA, meet the screen quota, ensure accessibility, and report attendance and revenue.: obligations
• Producers and distributors: they could apply for state aid, but must meet nationality requirements, accessibility rules, and deliver materials to the Filmoteca.: aid and obligations
• Audiovisual media service providers: they would have to report viewing data and could not directly produce films that receive aid.: obligations
• Creators and audiences: more aid for scripts and production with reserves for women directors and writers, plus more accessibility and language diversity in theaters.: benefits

Words worth knowing

ICAA

Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales, the public body that manages film aid and procedures in Spain.

Cuota de pantalla (screen quota)

The duty of theaters to show a minimum percentage of European or Ibero-American films.

Corregulación (coregulation)

A system where the government and industry companies agree on criteria together, here for age ratings.

Filmoteca Española

The public institution that preserves, restores and promotes Spain's film heritage.

Certificado de nacionalidad (nationality certificate)

An official document certifying that an audiovisual work is Spanish, allowing it to access aid and quotas.

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