About Us
As the country’s Film Commission, Film Commission Cuba promotes The Republic of Cuba as a location to attract all forms of productions, and provides services to local and international producers.
Film Commission Cuba offers the following services:
- Educate foreign productions on filming and visa requirements for Cuba.
- Facilitate clearances and authorizations to film at locations within the Cuba.
- Assist productions with obtaining needed services on the island.
- Provide enhanced research related to the destination.
- Subsidize foreign productions filming in Cuba through the FCIP cash rebate program.
Our History
Film Commission Cuba, in aliance with the Asociación Cubana del Audiovisual (ACAV) was established in 1999 as a non-profit, non-political organization tasked with the goal to promote and develop the Cuban independent film industry
As a cultural exchange film organization, Film Commission Cuba has for over two decades promoted people-to-people, artist-to-artist collaborations with foreign productions and Cuban filmmakers for the promotion of film and television projects in Cuba. Film Commission Cuba also facilitates these projects in every aspect of production, from development and pre-production, all the way through to post-production. Film Commission Cuba acts as a liaison between all film service providers in Cuba and all relevant Government agencies.
In addition, Film Commission Cuba works to create opportunities for Cuban filmmakers and artists to write, produce, direct their own projects entirely within the Cuba. Through expanding educational programs, local filmmakers are trained to aide incoming producers, studios and productions at the highest levels of production.
As the Cuba’s official Film Commission, Film Commisson Cuba’s goal is to introduce Cuba as a premier location for foreign filmmakers, with the additional advantage of offering up a 40% cash rebate for qualifying filming expenditures in Cuba, under its Film Cuba Incentive Program.
