Demetrio\u00a0Fernandez, director\u00a0of\u00a0the Film Corporation\u00a0and\u00a0Alberto\u00a0Bac\u00f3, Secretary\u00a0of Economic Development,\u00a0summarized\u00a0the efforts made\u00a0to attractinvestment\u00a0to the sector.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n![\"Demetrio](\"http:\/\/www.tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/demetriofernandez-300x266.png\")
Demetrio Fernandez, director of the Film Corporation<\/p><\/div>\n
In this\u00a0article by\u00a0Mar\u00eda\u00a0Ivette\u00a0Vega\u00a0Calles\u00a0for the newspaper\u00a0El Nuevo Dia\u00a0(digital\u00a0and\u00a0printed\u00a0version),\u00a0all readers\u00a0can\u00a0find out about\u00a0the opportunities\u00a0for producers\u00a0worldwide that\u00a0la Isla del Encanto (The Island of Enchantment) offers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStill\u00a0do not know the\u00a0titles\u00a0of the productions\u00a0and the names of\u00a0the artists who\u00a0will star,\u00a0but according to\u00a0Alberto\u00a0Bac\u00f3,\u00a0secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (Departamento de\u00a0Desarrollo\u00a0Economico y\u00a0Comercio\u00a0–\u00a0DEC)\u00a0and\u00a0Demetrio\u00a0Fernandez, executive director of\u00a0the Film Corporation\u00a0of\u00a0Puerto\u00a0Rico\u00a0(Corporacion de Cine de Puerto Rico –\u00a0CCPR),\u00a0the filmmakers\u00a0are\u00a0targeting\u00a0the country\u00a0as a filming location.<\/p>\n
The productions\u00a0listed above\u00a0are the result of\u00a0the attendance of\u00a0Fernandez,\u00a0two weeks ago, to\u00a0the\u00a0International Film\u00a0Festival\u00a0in\u00a0Cannes,\u00a0where he was promoting\u00a0the island as a\u00a0film\u00a0destination.<\/p>\n
“We are\u00a0in talks with a\u00a0European\u00a0production house\u00a0to bring\u00a0a movie.\u00a0They hope to\u00a0raise\u00a0all the\u00a0funds and\u00a0to film\u00a0here\u00a0in 2014.\u00a0There are also twoAmerican films, the two\u00a0would represent\u00a0Puerto Rico\u00a0for\u00a0Puerto Rico.\u00a0We are trying\u00a0to\u00a0project the\u00a0island\u00a0for Puerto Rico\u00a0in a positive way\u00a0to not\u00a0only\u00a0knowour cinema,\u00a0but also\u00a0as a tourist destination,” said\u00a0Fernandez with\u00a0Bac\u00f3\u00a0yesterday\u00a0summarizing the\u00a0priorities of their\u00a0agencies\u00a0in the short\u00a0and long term.<\/p>\n
From\u00a0that trip\u00a0also\u00a0emerged\u00a0the interest of a\u00a0French\u00a0video game\u00a0production house\u00a0to create\u00a0a laboratory\u00a0here to\u00a0benefit from the incentives.<\/p>\n
The officials said\u00a0they are being very\u00a0selective when\u00a0choosing\u00a0events\u00a0where they will\u00a0promote the island\u00a0as a film destination\u00a0and promote\u00a0local productions.\u00a0To that end, Fernandez\u00a0attend the\u00a0Cannes\u00a0Lions\u00a0Festival,\u00a0which focuses on\u00a0commercials,\u00a0industry they\u00a0wish to bail\u00a0through\u00a0tax incentives.”This will be\u00a0the first\u00a0time in many\u00a0years\u00a0we are going to\u00a0go to that\u00a0festival.\u00a0Jaime\u00a0Rosado, who\u00a0is a\u00a0well known\u00a0publicist\u00a0in the country,\u00a0will\u00a0be a memberof the jury, so it’s\u00a0a great\u00a0situation to\u00a0promote ourselves\u00a0as a\u00a0market,” said\u00a0Bac\u00f3.<\/p>\n
Among other projects, and in order\u00a0to extend\u00a0the offer to\u00a0international producers,\u00a0is\u00a0the creation of two\u00a0film studios.\u00a0One of\u00a0them would be a\u00a0mediumstudy.\u00a0The other is a\u00a0large studio with\u00a0all the technological advances\u00a0of the market.\u00a0One of\u00a0its drivers\u00a0is\u00a0Marc\u00a0Anthony\u00a0and\u00a0would be located\u00a0in the area of\u00a0\u200b\u200bDorado.\u00a0“It’s a\u00a0rather ambitious\u00a0project,\u00a0is almost a city.\u00a0We will meet\u00a0with them\u00a0in July.\u00a0They have the\u00a0funding,\u00a0a group of\u00a0New\u00a0York\u00a0continues to investmoney and I’m meeting with\u00a0them.\u00a0The\u00a0investment firm\u00a0wants to meet.\u00a0The other\u00a0is about\u00a0local investors who\u00a0have\u00a0the money and\u00a0land and\u00a0are in the process,” said\u00a0Bac\u00f3.<\/p>\n
![\"Alberto](\"http:\/\/www.tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/albertobaco-300x225.png\")
Alberto Bac\u00f3, Secretary of Economic Development<\/p><\/div>\n
\nProvided that work and continuous promotion can be procured on the island, the interest of the CCPR\u00a0is to get\u00a0big companies like\u00a0HBO, Showtime, Disney, Fox\u00a0and\u00a0NBC,\u00a0among others,\u00a0decide\u00a0to record\u00a0their\u00a0series\u00a0here.\u00a0To this end\u00a0they are\u00a0promoting\u00a0the country\u00a0in these\u00a0major networks.<\/div>\n\nIn fact, from June\u00a011 to\u00a0the\u00a020th,\u00a0several scenes\u00a0of the third\u00a0season of\u00a0Homeland will be filmed\u00a0in different\u00a0places, such as\u00a0Hato\u00a0Rey.<\/p>\n
Telenovelas\u00a0also\u00a0are other of his\u00a0goals, so\u00a0that in November\u00a0the Eleventh\u00a0Summit\u00a0will be held\u00a0in this country\u00a0for large\u00a0production houses\u00a0of the\u00a0genre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Among\u00a0the\u00a0places\u00a0and geographic diversity\u00a0that the country has\u00a0to offer as a\u00a0film\u00a0destination\u00a0are found the facilities of the base\u00a0Roosevelt Road, in Ceiba.Although\u00a0productions as\u00a0The Rum\u00a0Diary,\u00a0and\u00a0Men Who\u00a0Stare\u00a0at Goats\u00a0filmed\u00a0there,\u00a0Bac\u00f3\u00a0said that\u00a0when it was turned over to\u00a0the\u00a0hands of the government now the\u00a0CCPR\u00a0can\u00a0now\u00a0grant\u00a0permission to\u00a0shoot there, which facilitates\u00a0the process.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Senate Bill 365 which seeks to amend the 304 law, eliminating the 20% grants of a production tax credit for hiring technical staff (known as below the line) not residing in Puerto Rico, Fernandez said that “I initially thought that it\u00a0was not sympathetic”.\u00a0But\u00a0we think\u00a0it\u00a0should not\u00a0be repealed\u00a0as it is,\u00a0butadd\u00a0some\u00a0elements\u00a0that allow\u00a0the\u00a0CCPR\u00a0to negotiate with\u00a0the producer\u00a0what positions\u00a0are needed\u00a0in\u00a0such production or\u00a0negotiate an\u00a0additional\u00a0percentagetax incentives\u00a0if they\u00a0opt for\u00a0a room\u00a0to hire\u00a0a foreigner,\u00a0or if\u00a0Puerto Rico\u00a0is presented as\u00a0Puerto Rico.\u00a0Such\u00a0repeal\u00a0would send\u00a0a message\u00a0of instability\u00a0tothe international industry,” he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Demetrio\u00a0Fernandez, director\u00a0of\u00a0the Film Corporation\u00a0and\u00a0Alberto\u00a0Bac\u00f3, Secretary\u00a0of Economic Development,\u00a0summarized\u00a0the efforts made\u00a0to attractinvestment\u00a0to the sector. In this\u00a0article by\u00a0Mar\u00eda\u00a0Ivette\u00a0Vega\u00a0Calles\u00a0for the newspaper\u00a0El Nuevo Dia\u00a0(digital\u00a0and\u00a0printed\u00a0version),\u00a0all readers\u00a0can\u00a0find …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,73,17,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latnoamerica","category-telenovelas-series","category-television","category-ultimas-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4828"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9057,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828\/revisions\/9057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Demetrio Fernandez, director of the Film Corporation<\/p><\/div>\n
In this\u00a0article by\u00a0Mar\u00eda\u00a0Ivette\u00a0Vega\u00a0Calles\u00a0for the newspaper\u00a0El Nuevo Dia\u00a0(digital\u00a0and\u00a0printed\u00a0version),\u00a0all readers\u00a0can\u00a0find out about\u00a0the opportunities\u00a0for producers\u00a0worldwide that\u00a0la Isla del Encanto (The Island of Enchantment) offers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Still\u00a0do not know the\u00a0titles\u00a0of the productions\u00a0and the names of\u00a0the artists who\u00a0will star,\u00a0but according to\u00a0Alberto\u00a0Bac\u00f3,\u00a0secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce (Departamento de\u00a0Desarrollo\u00a0Economico y\u00a0Comercio\u00a0–\u00a0DEC)\u00a0and\u00a0Demetrio\u00a0Fernandez, executive director of\u00a0the Film Corporation\u00a0of\u00a0Puerto\u00a0Rico\u00a0(Corporacion de Cine de Puerto Rico –\u00a0CCPR),\u00a0the filmmakers\u00a0are\u00a0targeting\u00a0the country\u00a0as a filming location.<\/p>\n
The productions\u00a0listed above\u00a0are the result of\u00a0the attendance of\u00a0Fernandez,\u00a0two weeks ago, to\u00a0the\u00a0International Film\u00a0Festival\u00a0in\u00a0Cannes,\u00a0where he was promoting\u00a0the island as a\u00a0film\u00a0destination.<\/p>\n
“We are\u00a0in talks with a\u00a0European\u00a0production house\u00a0to bring\u00a0a movie.\u00a0They hope to\u00a0raise\u00a0all the\u00a0funds and\u00a0to film\u00a0here\u00a0in 2014.\u00a0There are also twoAmerican films, the two\u00a0would represent\u00a0Puerto Rico\u00a0for\u00a0Puerto Rico.\u00a0We are trying\u00a0to\u00a0project the\u00a0island\u00a0for Puerto Rico\u00a0in a positive way\u00a0to not\u00a0only\u00a0knowour cinema,\u00a0but also\u00a0as a tourist destination,” said\u00a0Fernandez with\u00a0Bac\u00f3\u00a0yesterday\u00a0summarizing the\u00a0priorities of their\u00a0agencies\u00a0in the short\u00a0and long term.<\/p>\n
From\u00a0that trip\u00a0also\u00a0emerged\u00a0the interest of a\u00a0French\u00a0video game\u00a0production house\u00a0to create\u00a0a laboratory\u00a0here to\u00a0benefit from the incentives.<\/p>\n
The officials said\u00a0they are being very\u00a0selective when\u00a0choosing\u00a0events\u00a0where they will\u00a0promote the island\u00a0as a film destination\u00a0and promote\u00a0local productions.\u00a0To that end, Fernandez\u00a0attend the\u00a0Cannes\u00a0Lions\u00a0Festival,\u00a0which focuses on\u00a0commercials,\u00a0industry they\u00a0wish to bail\u00a0through\u00a0tax incentives.”This will be\u00a0the first\u00a0time in many\u00a0years\u00a0we are going to\u00a0go to that\u00a0festival.\u00a0Jaime\u00a0Rosado, who\u00a0is a\u00a0well known\u00a0publicist\u00a0in the country,\u00a0will\u00a0be a memberof the jury, so it’s\u00a0a great\u00a0situation to\u00a0promote ourselves\u00a0as a\u00a0market,” said\u00a0Bac\u00f3.<\/p>\n
Among other projects, and in order\u00a0to extend\u00a0the offer to\u00a0international producers,\u00a0is\u00a0the creation of two\u00a0film studios.\u00a0One of\u00a0them would be a\u00a0mediumstudy.\u00a0The other is a\u00a0large studio with\u00a0all the technological advances\u00a0of the market.\u00a0One of\u00a0its drivers\u00a0is\u00a0Marc\u00a0Anthony\u00a0and\u00a0would be located\u00a0in the area of\u00a0\u200b\u200bDorado.\u00a0“It’s a\u00a0rather ambitious\u00a0project,\u00a0is almost a city.\u00a0We will meet\u00a0with them\u00a0in July.\u00a0They have the\u00a0funding,\u00a0a group of\u00a0New\u00a0York\u00a0continues to investmoney and I’m meeting with\u00a0them.\u00a0The\u00a0investment firm\u00a0wants to meet.\u00a0The other\u00a0is about\u00a0local investors who\u00a0have\u00a0the money and\u00a0land and\u00a0are in the process,” said\u00a0Bac\u00f3.<\/p>\n
Alberto Bac\u00f3, Secretary of Economic Development<\/p><\/div>\n
In fact, from June\u00a011 to\u00a0the\u00a020th,\u00a0several scenes\u00a0of the third\u00a0season of\u00a0Homeland will be filmed\u00a0in different\u00a0places, such as\u00a0Hato\u00a0Rey.<\/p>\n
Telenovelas\u00a0also\u00a0are other of his\u00a0goals, so\u00a0that in November\u00a0the Eleventh\u00a0Summit\u00a0will be held\u00a0in this country\u00a0for large\u00a0production houses\u00a0of the\u00a0genre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Demetrio\u00a0Fernandez, director\u00a0of\u00a0the Film Corporation\u00a0and\u00a0Alberto\u00a0Bac\u00f3, Secretary\u00a0of Economic Development,\u00a0summarized\u00a0the efforts made\u00a0to attractinvestment\u00a0to the sector. In this\u00a0article by\u00a0Mar\u00eda\u00a0Ivette\u00a0Vega\u00a0Calles\u00a0for the newspaper\u00a0El Nuevo Dia\u00a0(digital\u00a0and\u00a0printed\u00a0version),\u00a0all readers\u00a0can\u00a0find …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,73,17,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latnoamerica","category-telenovelas-series","category-television","category-ultimas-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4828"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9057,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4828\/revisions\/9057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}