One-liner: the city of València's free shoot-support office, run by the Visit València foundation — permits, locations, local-industry contacts and fee waivers. The lowest-friction public service in the whole audiovisual map: free, no application, no deadline.
What a founder gets
Four service pillars, all free:
- Locations advice — help finding spaces that fit the script, from historic quarters to contemporary architecture, at the earliest project phase.
- Permits and paperwork — acts as the institutional bridge to municipal departments to speed up authorisations.
- Connection to local industry — contacts for qualified professionals, service companies, animation studios and audiovisual specialists. For a Valencian audiovisual company, being on the other side of this referral list is free business development.
- Promotion — attracting and making shoots pay off, projecting the city on screen.
Plus concrete financial benefits:
- Public-space occupation fees waived by the Ayuntamiento for shoots that showcase the city's heritage and hire local crew.
- Beach shooting is free via the Demarcación de Costas de València.
- Preferential rates from Visit València's tourism partner network — hotels, apartments, restaurants, catering, vehicle hire — for shooting crews.
Who it's for
- Any production shooting in the city of València — features, series, documentaries, TV content, ads, photo shoots — Valencian or foreign, any size.
- Local audiovisual service companies and freelancers wanting to be referred to incoming productions.
How to engage
- Start at valenciafilmoffice.org — "Cómo iniciar tu rodaje en València", the FAQ, and the shooting application forms.
- Municipal authorisation for occupying public space for shoots is procedure VP.OC.150 on sede.valencia.es.
- Contact form at valenciafilmoffice.org/node/77.
Key facts
- Operated by the Fundación Visit València, created 1991, whose partners are the Ayuntamiento de València, the Camara de Comercio Valencia, Feria Valencia and the CEV.
- Member of the Spain Film Commission network, which provides free services to producers nationwide.
- Track record used in its own marketing: El Embarcadero, Perdida, La boda de Rosa, Paraíso.
- Publishes a consolidated incentives page covering national tax rebates, the regional grants and the municipal waivers — the single best plain-language summary of audiovisual money in Valencia.
Relations
- Part of: Ayuntamiento de Valencia
- See also: Film Commission Comunitat Valenciana
- See also: Audiovisual (niche)
- See also: IVC Ayudas Audiovisuales
- See also: CEV
- See also: Camara de Comercio Valencia