Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts

The Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (Spanish: Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales; ICAA) is a Spanish government agency, charged with the planning of policies to support the film industry and audiovisual production. It depends on the Ministry of Culture. It is a member of the European Film Promotion (EFP) network on behalf of Spain.

Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts

Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales
Agency overview
Formed	1985
Type	organismo autónomo [es]
Headquarters	Casa de las Siete Chimeneas, Plaza del Rey, 1, Madrid, Spain
Annual budget	€185.9 million, 2023^[1]
Agency executive	Beatriz Navas Valdés (since 2018), Director-General^[2]
Parent ministry	Ministry of Culture
Child agency	Filmoteca Española

History

Through the Law 50/1984 of 30 December 1984,^[3] the ICAA was created in 1985.^[4] In 1986, Fernando Méndez-Leite replaced Pilar Miró at the helm of the ICAA.^[5] Miguel Marías became the director general in 1988,^[6] whereas Enrique Balmaseda served as head from 1990 to 1992.^[7]

Role

The ICAA manages the subsidies to the film industry provided by the General State Budget. It is charged with ensuring free competition in the audiovisual sector.^[8] The institute is also tasked with encouraging cooperation with similar bodies from other countries as well as with cooperating with the regional administrations of the different autonomous communities.^[9] It also assumes the function of the "safeguarding and dissemination of Spanish film heritage" by preserving copies of films, music, scripts and posters.^[10]

References

Citations

1. "State Budget 2023" (PDF).
2. "Beatriz Navas Valdés, nueva directora general del ICAA". El Cultural. 13 July 2018.
3. José i Solsona 2021, p. 32.
4. Prieto Sacristán 2020, p. 458.
5. Peláez Paz 1992, p. 20.
6. Peláez Paz 1992, p. 22.
7. Fernández Meneses 2019, p. 88.
8. Padrós i Reig & Muñoz Fernández 2006, p. 379.
9. Hoefert de Turégano 2006, p. 17.
10. Padrós i Reig & Muñoz Fernández 2006, p. 378.

Bibliography

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• Fernández Meneses, Jara (2019). "Between Art and Commerce: The Semprun Decree and the New Spanish Cinema of the 1990s". Hispanic Research Journal. 20 (2). Routledge: 87–103. doi:10.1080/14682737.2019.1603444.
• Hoefert de Turégano, T. (2006). Public Support for the International Promotion of European Films (PDF). (PDF) from the original on 21 July 2021.
• José i Solsona, Carles (June 2021). "Catorze anys d'ajuts de l'ICAA. Subvencions a la producció de cinema" (PDF). Observatori de la Producció Audiovisual. (PDF) from the original on 21 July 2021.
• Navarro Álvarez, Adriana. "Financiación pública del ICAA en el cortometraje animado en España (2008-2019)". Con A de animación. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica de València: 52–73. doi:10.4995/caa.2021.15085. ISSN 2173-6049.
• Peláez Paz, Andrés (1992). "Memoria de la ruina. El cine español después de Franco" (PDF). Vértigo. Revista de Cine (3): 13–22. (PDF) from the original on 21 July 2021.
• Padrós i Reig, Carlos; Muñoz Fernández, Marc (2006). "Efectos económicos de la normativa de protección y fomento de la cinematografía en España" (PDF). Revista de Administración Pública (171): 355–392. ISSN 0034-7639.
• Prieto Sacristán, Jesús (2020). "La financiación de la industria de contenidos audiovisuales en España". Cosmovisión de la comunicación en redes sociales en la era postdigital (PDF). Madrid: McGraw-Hill. pp. 455–470. ISBN 978-84-486-2434-7. (PDF) from the original on 21 July 2021.