Permits

Uruguay

In recent years, Uruguayan authorities gained awareness of the economic potential involved behind film production, and have thus supported this activity by creating specific departments whose task is to facilitate the filming of local and foreign projects in the country.

One of the main offices in this area is the Locaciones Montevideanas, a film Project within the Municipality of Montevideo whose purpose is to provide free assistance to producers not just for location shooting in Montevideo, but also for those taking place in other cities. Such an undertaking is possible thanks to the cooperation between the Project and several other organisms like the Ministry of Tourism and the rest of the country’s municipalities.

Argentina

In Argentina, logistical assistance comes through two departments. One is the Buenos Aires Film Project (Baset), which belongs to the municipality of Buenos Aires and aids producers in shoots taking place in the city’s public spaces. The other is the Comisión Argentina de Filmación (CAF), a department within Argentina’s National Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA). Because of its dependency on the national government, the CAF provides logistical support to film productions in different regions of Argentina.