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

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1. The bill would expand the film law to all audiovisual culture, including series, TV movies and animation, and would update the sector's definitions.
2. It would relax the requirements for a work to obtain Spanish nationality and would recognize official Spanish languages, statutorily recognized languages and Spanish sign languages as original versions.
3. It would create a new age-rating system through coregulation, involving the ICAA, the CNMC and sector companies, replacing the current system.
4. Aid recipients would no longer have to deliver copies of works to the Film Library, but specific conservation and dissemination materials; legal deposit could satisfy this obligation.
5. It would extend the attendance control to viewings of works on audiovisual media services and would require the ICAA to publish a four-year strategic plan and annual reports.
6. It would reform the screen quota: the required percentage would drop, Ibero-American films would count alongside European ones, and films directed exclusively by women would count double, among other cases.
7. It would regulate a broad catalog of state aid for scripts, production, distribution, theaters, preservation, festivals and internationalization, with a minimum 35 % reserve for projects directed exclusively by women.
8. It would include film and audiovisual heritage in Spanish Historical Heritage and would require the Government to create, within six months, the State Council for Cinema and Audiovisual Culture.

Who it affects

• Independent production and distribution companies: They would be the main aid recipients and would have to meet nationality, accessibility and intellectual property requirements.
• Movie theater owners: They would have to report their activity to the ICAA, declare attendance and revenue, meet the screen quota and guarantee accessibility.
• Audiovisual media service providers: They would have to report viewing data and could not directly produce films that receive aid.
• Creators and sector professionals: They would benefit from aid for scripts, training and internationalization, and from credit reserves for women directors and screenwriters.
• People with disabilities and the general public: The bill would strengthen universal accessibility to film: subtitling, audio description and sign language.

Words worth knowing

ICAA

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

Cuota de pantalla (screen quota)

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

Corregulación (coregulation)

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

Nacionalidad de una obra (nationality of a work)

A certificate stating that a film or series is Spanish, allowing it to access aid and benefits.

Patrimonio cinematográfico (film heritage)

The set of films and audiovisual materials preserved as cultural assets, including newsreels, home movies or advertising films.

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