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PORTUGAL

FULL STEAM AHEAD

FOR DOMESTIC PRODUCTIONS

Facts & THE PORTUGUESE FILM COMMUNITY IS
CELEBRATING THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW
figures TAX REBATE INCENTIVE, LAUNCHED IN CANNES.

By Vitor Pinto, Cineuropa.org award-winning Saint Georges by Marco Martins registered,
respectively, 43,600 and 42,249 admissions.
● Population: 10,309,573
● Total admissions: 15,580,801 In 2018, the most popular domestic production so far is
buddy-cop satire Bad Investigate by Luís Ismael, which
● Admissions in multiplexes: attracted nearly 46,000 movie-goers. Several new domestic
8,027,986 OR PORTUGUESE cinema, 2017 has been a titles are ready for distribution and local companies have
● Average admissions year in which some critically acclaimed domestic been busy with a list of new projects from both emerging
per inhabitant: 1.5
● Total GBO: features, like Pedro Pinho’s The Nothing Factory, and established directors.
managed to shine in the spotlight, but also
€81,586,620 F continued to struggle for good performances at ICA: JURIES, A TAX REBATE
● GBO in multiplexes: the local box office. INCENTIVE AND A FILM
€43,382,145 The gap between domestic productions and their potential COMMISSION
● Average ticket price: audiences is an old topic (and a challenge) for the industry. National film body ICA supported a total of 20 fiction
€5.24 Last year, the general number of admissions increased — feature-length projects in 2017. This happened in the
● Cinema screens: 571 2017 was actually the best year since 2011 when it comes context of a quarrel between professional organisations
● Screens in multiplexes: 200 to cinema attendance. International titles like The Fate of and the Secretary of State for Culture Miguel Honrado.
● Domestic films produced: 77 the Furious and Despicable Me 3 reached the top of the chart The sector loudly protested against an amendment to the
● Domestic feature films with, respectively, 787,724 and 589,240 admissions. film law, which was meant to discharge ICA from selecting
produced (fiction): 20 Paradoxically, none of the 38 Portuguese features theatrically the juries for its own support schemes. The task was to be
● Feature films released: 375 released managed to reach more than 77,000 admissions. transferred to SECA (Specialised Section for Cinema and
● Domestic feature films The top 10 of the most popular Portuguese films opens Audiovisual), a body with a seat in the National Council
released: 38 and closes with two titles by the same director, Joaquim for Culture. The dispute continued until recently. Finally,
● Domestic market share: 2.6% Leitão: The End of Innocence (first position: 76,827 SECA will continue to exist merely as a consulting body
● European feature films admissions) and Average Happiness Index (10th position - and the selection of the juries will fall exclusively under
released: 167 8,967 admissions). Between the two, we find the usual mix ICA’s responsibility.
● European market share: of commercial and auteur-driven films which, despite ICA’s budget for 2018 reaches €19m. This amount is to
12.4% different marketing strategies, registered very similar be allocated to several schemes, which will be the object
● US feature films released: 154 results. For instance, Perdidos by Sérgio Graciano and of several adjustments: a reinforcement of the available
● US market share: 77.4% Diamantino
● Market share of the four main
distributors: 95.5%

● Most successful film at
the box office: The Fate
of the Furious –
787,724 (admissions)
– €4,304,538 (GBO)

● Most successful domestic
film at the box office:
The End of Innocence –
76,827 (admissions)
– €414,100 (GBO)

● Domestic feature films
awarded in international
festivals: The Nothing
Factory (Filmfest Munchen;
Directors’ Fortnight –
Cannes Film Festival;
Sevilla Festival de Cine
Europeo; Torino Film
Festival), Damned Summer
(Festival del Film Locarno)
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