Ley para la industria cinematográfica de Baja California

El Congreso de Baja California aprobó la Ley para la Promoción, Fomento y Desarrollo de la Industria Cinematográfica y Audiovisual del Estado.

Dicha Iniciativa es producto de diversas reuniones de trabajo, consultas y foros con cineastas, actores, productores, sindicatos, personal técnico, hoteleros, empresarios y académicos.
Por ello, Maria Edna Perez, una de las inicialistas consideró que la creación de la ley asume las aspiraciones de destacados especialistas y conocedores de la industria cinematográfica.

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Incentivos Fiscales para la cinematografía en México / Mexico Film Incentives - Tax Rebate

El Presidente Felipe Calderón presentó el 9 de Marzo de 2010 en Baja Studios en Rosarito, Baja California el programa de apoyo a la industria cinematográfica que comprende una serie de incentivos, facilidades y estímulos para producciones extranjeras interesadas en filmar en México.

Incentivo: reintegración en efectivo de hasta 7.5% de los gastos locales comprobados, elegibles las películas y series de televisión que gasten en México un mínimo de 75 millones de pesos (mdp) en producción y/o 20 mdp en posproducción.

Hasta un 5% adicional de los gastos comprobados aplicables, si la filmación cumple con los siguientes criterios de promoción de la imagen de México:

• Uso y expresión clara de procedencia de locaciones mexicanas en contextos positivos a la imagen del país.
• Uso de un mínimo de talento clave nacional, tanto en el elenco como en la producción.
• Un 70% mínimo de la filmación/grabación deberá ser realizada en México.
• Producciones cuya trama presente a nuestro país en una óptica favorable y positiva

Todas las solicitudes y tramites de carácter operativo para las producciones deberán ser resueltas en un plazo no mayor a las 2 semanas posteriores a la aplicación

• INAMI
• SEDENA
• SHCP/SAT
• PFP
• SE
• CPTM
• CONACYT
• SEMARNAT
• INAH
• ProMéxico

President Felipe Calderón presented on March 9, 2010 in Baja Studios in Rosarito, Baja California a program to support the film industry comprising a number of incentives, facilities and incentives for foreign productions interested in filming in Mexico.

Incentive: Cash rebate up to 7.5% of local expenditures, eligible films and television shows that spend in Mexico a minimum of 75 million (pesos) in production and /or 20 million (pesos) in postproduction.

Up to an additional 5% rebate, if the film meets the following criteria to promote the image of Mexico:

• Use of clear expression and origin of Mexican locations in positive contexts.
• Use a minimum of national key talent, both in talent and production crew.
• A 70% minimum of filming / recording shall be made in Mexico.
• Productions whose plot presents the country in a favorable and positive way.

All applications and paperwork made to government agencies must be resolved within a period no longer than 2 weeks after the application has been submitted.

• INAMI
• SEDENA
• SHCP/SAT
• PFP
• SE
• CPTM
• CONACYT
• SEMARNAT
• INAH
• ProMéxico

Taller de Cine en Baja California

Con el fin de estimular el crecimiento de la industria cinematográfica regional y desarrollar el nuevo personal técnico de producción cinematográfica, el Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE) y la Comisión Estatal de Filmaciones del Gobierno del Estado de Baja California, en colaboración con la Asociación de Cineastas de Baja California y la Universidad de las Californias Internacional (UDCI) convocan a participar en el “Taller de técnico electricista cinematográfico” con el objetivo de capacitar a los participantes en el manejo de herramientas y equipos más modernos de iluminación cinematográfica, así como estandarizar los conocimientos esenciales de procedimientos y técnicas de trabajo con el propósito de lograr una certificación de nivel técnico “Lighting technician / Best boy”

Las bases para ocupar un lugar en el taller son las siguientes:

1. Esta convocatoria está abierta para todos los residentes mayores de edad del Estado de Baja California y de Baja California Sur que cumplan con los requisitos.

2. Sólo se aceptará un máximo de 25 participantes.

3. El taller es gratuito para todos los participantes seleccionados.

4. Requisitos para ser seleccionados:

4.1. Ser mayor de edad.

4.2. Entregar copia del certificado de preparatoria, escuela técnica, carta de pasante o título profesional.

4.3. Copia de identificación oficial (credencial del IFE o pasaporte mexicano).

4.4. Copia de comprobante de domicilio (recibo de teléfono, agua o luz).

4.5. Llenar solicitud de participación.

4.6. Copia de currículo profesional o de estudios.

4.7. Entregar ensayo escrito de cuatro cuartillas donde argumente su capacidad y habilidades que considere lo califiquen como candidato.

5. Se otorgaran ocho becas de apoyo económicos: seis para Baja California y dos para Baja California Sur.

5.1. El apoyo económico contempla una parte destinada a los gastos de transporte, alimentación y alojamiento (solamente para beneficiarios que tengan que trasladarse de su lugar de origen), y otra como estimulo para el solicitante (para todos los beneficiarios).

5.2. Para ser acreedores a la beca se deberá llenar la solicitud de becas que se encuentra en line: www.udc.edu.mx/tallercinebecas

6. La evaluación de los candidatos será efectuada por un jurado calificador comprometido cineastas de la región.

7. La documentación arriba solicitada deberá ser entregada en formato electrónico, versión PDF, compatible con los dos sistemas operativos más comunes.

8. La documentación puede ser entregada personalmente, enviada por paquetería o por correo electrónico.

8.1. Dirección para paquetería y entrega personal: Universidad de las Californias Internacional, Blvd. Federico Benítez López 460, Fracc. Los Españoles, Tijuana, Baja California, 22104, atención Coordinación de Cinematrografía, teléfono (664) 622 6520.

8.2. Correo electrónico tallercine@udc.com.mx

9. La fecha y la hora límite para la entrega y recepción de documentación será a las 17:00 horas PST del día miércoles 11 de noviembre de 2009.

10. Los resultados oficiales de los seleccionados y de los recipientes de becas de apoyo serán publicados en la página oficial de IMCINE, y la Universidad de las Californias Internacional (UDCI) y en el blog de la Escuela de Cinematografía de la UDC :

(www.udcfilmschool.blogspot.com ).

11. El taller se impartirá en la ciudad de Tijuana, Baja California, los días 26, 27, 28 y 29 de noviembre de 2009.

Is Mexico Dangerous? A Journalist from New York point of view

By Linda Ellerbee,

Sometimes I've been called a maverick because I don't always agree with my colleagues, but then, only dead fish swim with the stream all the time. The stream here is Mexico.

You would have to be living on another planet to avoid hearing how dangerous Mexico has become, and, yes, it's true drug wars have escalated violence in Mexico, causing collateral damage, a phrase I hate. Collateral damage is a cheap way of saying that innocent people, some of them tourists, have been robbed, hurt or killed.

But that's not the whole story. Neither is this. This is my story.

I'm a journalist who lives in New York City, but has spent considerable time in Mexico, specifically Puerto Vallarta, for the last four years. I'm in Vallarta now. And despite what I'm getting from the U.S. media, the 24-hour news networks in particular, I feel as safe here as I do at home in New York, possibly safer.

I walk the streets of my Vallarta neighborhood alone day or night. And I don't live in a gated community, or any other All-Gringo neighborhood. I live in Mexico. Among Mexicans. I go where I want (which does not happen to include bars where prostitution and drugs are the basic products), and take no more precautions than I would at home in New York; which is to say I don't wave money around, I don't act the Ugly American, I do keep my eyes open, I'm aware of my surroundings, and I try not to behave like a fool.

I've not always been successful at that last one. One evening a friend left the house I was renting in Vallarta at that time, and, unbeknownst to me, did not slam the automatically-locking door on her way out. Sure enough, less than an hour later a stranger did come into my house. A burglar? Robber? Kidnapper? Killer? Drug lord?

No, it was a local police officer, the "beat cop" for our neighborhood, who, on seeing my unlatched door, entered to make sure everything (including me) was okay. He insisted on walking with me around the house, opening closets, looking behind doors and, yes, even under beds, to be certain no one else had wandered in, and that nothing was missing. He was polite, smart and kind, but before he left, he lectured me on having not checked to see that my friend had locked the door behind her. In other words, he told me to use my common sense.

Do bad things happen here? Of course they do. Bad things happen everywhere, but the murder rate here is much lower than, say, New Orleans, and if there are bars on many of the ground floor windows of houses here, well, the same is true where I live, in Greenwich Village, which is considered a swell neighborhood - house prices start at about $4 million (including the bars on the ground floor windows.)

There are good reasons thousands of people from the United States are moving to Mexico every month, and it's not just the lower cost of living, a hefty tax break and less snow to shovel. Mexico is a beautiful country, a special place.

The climate varies, but is plentifully mild, the culture is ancient and revered, the young are loved unconditionally, the old are respected, and I have yet to hear anyone mention Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, or Madonna's attempt to adopt a second African child, even though, with such a late start, she cannot possibly begin to keep up with Angelina Jolie.

And then there are the people. Generalization is risky, but- in general - Mexicans are warm, friendly, generous and welcoming. If you smile at them, they smile back. If you greet a passing stranger on the street, they greet you back. If you try to speak even a little Spanish, they tend to treat you as though you were fluent. Or at least not an idiot.

I have had taxi drivers track me down after leaving my wallet or cell phone in their cab. I have had someone run out of a store to catch me because I have overpaid by twenty cents. I have been introduced to and come to love a people who celebrate a day dedicated to the dead as a recognition of the cycles of birth and death and birth - and the 15th birthday of a girl, an important rite in becoming a woman - with the same joy.

Too much of the noise you're hearing about how dangerous it is to come to Mexico is just that - noise. But the media love noise, and too many journalists currently making it don't live here. Some have never even been here. They just like to be photographed at night, standing near a spotlighted border crossing, pointing across the line to some imaginary country from hell. It looks good on TV.

Another thing. The U.S. media tend to lump all of Mexico into one big bad bowl. Talking about drug violence in Mexico without naming a state or city where this is taking place is rather like looking at the horror of Katrina and saying, "Damn. Did you know the U.S. is under water?" or reporting on the shootings at Columbine or the bombing of the Federal building in Oklahoma City by saying that kids all over the U.S. are shooting their classmates and all the grownups are blowing up buildings. The recent rise in violence in Mexico has mostly occurred in a few states, and especially along the border. It is real, but it does not describe an entire country.

It would be nice if we could put what's going on in Mexico in perspective, geographically and emotionally. It would be nice if we could remember that, as has been noted more than once, these drug wars wouldn't be going on if people in the United States didn't want the drugs, or if other people in the United States weren't selling Mexican drug lords the guns.

Most of all, it would be nice if more people in the United States actually came to this part of America (Mexico is also America, you will recall) to see for themselves what a fine place Mexico really is, and how good a vacation (or a life) here can be.

So come on down and get to know your southern neighbors. I think you'll like it here. Especially the people.


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Quintana Roo

Quintana Roo es una planicie de origen marino, lo mismo que toda la península de Yucatán de la que forma parte. Bajo su suelo, predominantemente calizo, abundan los ríos subterráneos, que afloran a la superficie de la corteza terrestre dando origen a los cenotes. Estos son cuerpos de agua dulce generalmente rodeados por cavernas, originadas por la erosión del agua sobre la roca. La mayor parte del estado está cubierta por selva baja. Carece de montañas y su Sierra Baja alcanza solamente los 60 metros sobre el nivel del mar. Tiene pocos ríos superficiales y algunas lagunas, entre las que destaca la Laguna de Bacalar o Laguna de los Siete Colores.

Cancun There are a thousand and one things to do in Cancun. There are many world-class luxury hotels dotted all along the edge of the beautiful Caribbean Sea, and on the other side you have the Nichupte Lagoon with many romantic waterside restaurants and trendy bars. Add a full range of watersports, including some of the world’s most exquisite snorkeling and scuba diving, plus championship golf courses and you have a location that will delight even the most discerning traveler.

Cozumel

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Veracruz

Veracruz, Tlacotalpan, Catemaco

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Mexico City


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Nuevo Leon

These regions offer a wide variety and contrast of ecosystems: from interesting desert zones to wooded areas with rivers and landscapes of unique beauty. Some cities in Nuevo Leon were founded over 400 years ago, and have interesting architectural and archaeological vestiges that reflect the vigor of its people.

• Monterrey, una ciudad conocida en el mundo por su gran industria, famosas universidades y oportunidades de negocio se ha beneficiado en los últimos años de importantes transformaciones urbanas en cuanto a su infraestructura y atracciones para todos los visitantes.
• Monterrey, a city known worldwide for its large Industry, famous universities, and business opportunities, has had, in recent years, important urban transformations in its infrastructure and visitors attractions.

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Zacatecas

Sierra de Organos



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Durango

Durango, Mexiquillo


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Sonora

The State of Sonora is located in the northwest of the Mexico. It borders with the United States to the north, Sinaloa state to the south, Chihuahua state to the east and the Sea of Cortes (Gulf of California) to the west. Sonora is the second largest state in land-mass in Mexico with 184.934 square kilometers.

Thanks to its privileged location, Sonora is a unique and safe tourist destination, awaiting inquisitive visitors to discover its legendary cities, beautiful beaches and spectacular views of landscapes where ocean meets desert and mountain.

• El Golfo
  
  Hermosillo is the capital of Sonora and welcomes all visitors to this oasis in the middle of the desert. The city is better known as the “sun city” and is one of the most important cities in northern Mexico. It is located just 250 kilometers from the border with Arizona and is, without doubt, an excellent place to visit for vacations or business.
  
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  Nogales is the main port of entry to Mexico. This border city owes it flourishing, historical development and current growth to international circumstances.
  
  Magdalena
  
  Puerto Peñasco Rocky Point is a newly-discovered paradise for tourists to Sonora. During the early 1930's, it became known as a refuge of fishermen and people seeking adventure.
  
  San Carlos Considered one of the most important tourist destinations of Sonora, San Carlos offers visitors all they need to have fun and enjoy their stay. This beach resort is 120 kilometers far from Hermosillo and 390 from the US border. It is formally a part of the City of Guaymas, about a 15-minute drive away.
  
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Baja California Sur

La Paz
Loreto
Cabo San Lucas


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Film Studios in Mexico

BAJA STUDIOS

Originalmente construido para la producción de 20th Century Fox la épica Titanic, Baja Studios es un complejo de producción completamente autosuficiente.

La Construcción de las instalaciones se inició el 6 de junio de 1996 y desde entonces varias películas y otros proyectos además de Titanic las han utilizado, mejoras y ampliación del lugar se han realizado. El actual complejo se encuentra ubicado en 35 acres con vistas a la costa del Pacífico con más de 2,000 pies de frente al mar cerca de la comunidad mexicana de Rosarito, Baja California, México.

Puntos de vista sin obstáculos del océano, un volumen combinado de tanques de más de 20 millones de galones y una moderna planta de filtración capaces de bombear 9,000 galones de agua de mar por minuto hacen de Baja Studios la primera opción para proyectos de cualquier tipo relacionados con agua.

El Tanque 1 proporciona un espacio exterior adicional para rodaje de 350,000 pies cuadrados, con agua o seco. Con la opción de adquisición de bienes raíces aledañas para facilitar su expansión. Uno de los foros y tanques más grandes del mundo para filmar en conjunto con oficinas, espacios para construcción de escenografía, vestuario, camerinos logran la mayoría de los requerimientos para la realización de filmaciones.

La ubicación proporciona acceso a la dinámica técnica y artística de ambas naciones. Numerosos hoteles, condominios y restaurantes sirven la zona.

Originally built for 20th Century Fox epic Titanic Baja Studios is a completely self contained production facility.

Construction of the facility began on June 6, 1996 and since that time various films and other projects in addition to Titanic have used the facility, site improvement and expansion is ongoing. The present complex is located on 35 acres overlooking the Pacific coast with more than 2,000 feet of ocean front near the Mexican resort community of Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico.

Unobstructed views of the ocean, a combined tank volume of over 20 million gallons and a modern filtration plant capable of delivering 9,000 gallons filtered sea water per minute make Baja Studios the premier facility for water related work of any kind.

Tank 1 provides an additional 350,000 square feet of exterior shooting space, flooded or dry. Optional real estate acquisition allows for easy expansion. Some of the world’s largest stages and filming tanks work in concert with offices, scenery shops, dressing rooms, wardrobe facilities to accomplish most filming requirements.

The location provides access to the dynamic technical and artistic of both nations. Numerous hotels, condominiums and restaurants serve the resort area.

CHURUBUSCO

Estudios Churubusco es una empresa que brinda servicios de apoyo a la preproducción, producción y postproducción para la industria de cine, televisión, video y música, que incluye desde la renta de oficinas, bodegas y foros hasta el revelado y copiado de película y regrabación de sonido THX, postproducción digital, salas de doblaje y sala de grabación musical.

Churubusco Studios is a company the provides support services to preproduction, production and post production for the film industry, televisión, video and music, in includes rentals from offices, storage space and stages to film development and copies, THX recording, digital post production, dubbing rooms and music recording room.








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Mexico Film Unions

Compañías Extranjeras de televisión y producción cinematográfica produciendo en México están obligadas a firmar un acuerdo laboral para los técnicos, con excepción de comerciales, videos musicales, sesiones de fotografía y documentales, los tres sindicatos de cine en México son STIC, SITATYR y STYM. Se recomienda contratar a una compañía mexicana de servicios de producción, productor mexicano o gerente de producción para negociar su acuerdo con uno de los sindicatos de técnicos, la mayoría de los términos y sueldos se negocian de proyecto a proyecto.

Para los actores sólo existe un sindicato ANDA (Asociación Nacional de Actores), así como con el sindicato de técnicos las compañías productoras extranjeras están obligadas a firmar un acuerdo con este, a excepción de comerciales, videos musicales, sesiones de fotografía y documentales.

El consentimiento de ambos sindicatos el de técnico y de actores, es requerido para obtener visas de trabajo del departamento de migración, con excepción de comerciales, videos musicales, sesiones de fotografía y documentales.

Foreign television and film production companies producing in Mexico are required to sign a labor agreement for technicians, with the exception of commercials, music videos, photo shoots and documentaries, the three film unions are STIC, SITATYR and STYM. It’s recommended to have a Mexican Production Services company, Mexican Producer or Unit Production Manager to negotiate your agreement with a technicians union, most terms and crew rates are negotiated on a project to project basis.

For actors there is only one union ANDA (National Association of Actors) as well as with the technician’s union foreign production companies are required to sign an agreement with the exception of commercials, music videos, photo shoots and documentaries.

Both technician and actors union consents are required to obtain immigration work visas with the exception of commercials, music videos, photo shoots and documentaries.

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Baja Film Locations

El estado de Baja California ofrece una gran variedad de locaciones para la producción de cine, video, comerciales y documentales que van desde impresionantes desiertos, valles, hermosas playas, montanas, bosques, etc., y todas estas locaciones las encuentra en un rango de pocos kilómetros a la redonda, con el soporte y la facilidad de un excelente crew, gran infraestructura hotelera, industrial y los Studios Baja , además de estar a escás dos horas de Hollywood, donde encuentra lo mas sofisticado en equipo a nivel mundial. Para mas información visite la comisión estatal de filmaciones de Baja California. The State of Baja California offers a great variety of locations for the film, video, commercial and documentary production that ranges from impressive deserts, valleys, beautiful beaches, mountains, forest, etc. and all these locations within a few miles away, with the support and facility of an excellent crew, the Baja Studios, a great hotel and industrial infrastructure, also a few hours away from Hollywood where you can find the most sophisticated film equipment. For more information visit the Baja California state film commision.

Baja California The State of Baja California offers a diversity of urban and rural landscapes, cosmopolitan cities, colorful towns, beaches and bays on the shores of the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California, deserts, mountains, and lush wine growing valleys; in short, a cornucopia of scenery for every kind of moviemaking, along with sites of cultural interest harmoniously combined with the warmth and hospitality of our people.

• Tijuana located in a privileged geographical position, the convergent point for visitors, both national and international, through this high tourist activity, allows us to meet and interact with other cultures and offer the rich display of our restaurants, attractions, and folklore, as well of our natural areas, as well as complementary services, achieving a better quality of life for the community and professional training of those who so helpful and enthusiastic greet our visitors. Video Tijuana

• Mexicali

• Rosarito

• Tecate is a small city where you can breathe tranquility, where people are friendly and hospitable. But not as a small community has no options, unlike the many attractions that surprising show, as well as natural landscapes is to perform all kinds of ecotourism activities or practice the Ecoadventure, as first-level facilities to enjoy the comfort and convenience in the more peaceful atmosphere.

• Ensenada It all started at Navidad port (Colima) On June 27th of 1542 where a portugues navigator named Don Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo arrives to this land on September 17th of 1542 and named it San Mateo. Sixty years later , On November 1st of 1602 Sebastian Viscaino arrives to this land and named Ensenada de Todos Santos, to refer he said. "The coast made Ensenada safe". In 1897 he takes away de Todos Santos just leaving the name, as we know it today. An ethnic group, the strongest on this land were Los Cohimies; the religious group that stand out were Los Dominicos, who established the Misiones : Mision Santo Domingo, San Vicente, San Miguel de la Frontera, Santo Tomas, etc. More about Ensenada...

San Felipe

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Mexico Production Services

Amigos,

Los invito a visitar la página de México Production Services donde encontraran útil información acerca de la producción cinematográfica y locaciones en México.

I will like to invite you to visit Mexico Production Services web page where you will find useful information about film production and locations in Mexico.


www.mexicoproductionservices.com