Filming in
Portugal
There are different national instruments for incentivising and supporting cinematographic and audiovisual production in Portugal
Pic Portugal – Cash Rebate Incentive
- Applies to Cinema, Audiovisual and VOD Productions: Domestic, foreign (executive/services) and/or official and de facto co-productions
- Minimum expenditure in Portugal: 500,000.00 € for fiction or animation projects | 200,000.00 € for documentary or post-production projects
- Support rate of 25 %, which may be increased to 30 %, on the eligible expenditure
- Advance payments in instalments
- Support of up to 1,500,000 €
- Mention to the Cash Rebate in the work’s credits is required
Pic Portugal – Cash Refund Incentive
- Intended for cinematographic and audiovisual works, fiction, animation and documentaries National productions, co-productions and executive production
- Production projects or post-production only
- Minimum 2,500,000 € of eligible expenditure
- 30% reimbursement of the first 2,000,000 € and up to 25 % of the surplus
- Support up to: 6,000,000 € for cinematographic and audiovisual works / 3,000,000 € per episode
- Required mention to the Cash Refund in work’s credits
SCOUTING PROGRAM
- Cinematographic and audiovisual works, fiction, animation and documentaries
- National productions, co-productions and executive production
- Production projects or post-production only
- 100% reimbursement of eligible production expenditure up to 15,000 €
- Up to two scouting missions per project are supported
- Scouting missions must include the director, producer, cinematographer or location manager
Directors