155,000 euros to produce feature films and audiovisual series in Cantabria

The Regional Society for Education, Culture and Sport, S. L. has announced 155,000 euros in grants for the production of feature films and audiovisual series, on a competitive basis. The call is published via Resolution SRECD/20/2026, of October 13, in the Official Gazette of Cantabria number 208, of October 29, 2026, with official reference CVE-2026-8412 (page 55575), and its summary appears under reference CVE-2026-8417 (page 55608), with identification number BDNS 937220. The resolution is signed by the general director, María Fernández-Rosillo Torcida.

Financing and limits per project

The credit allocated to this line amounts to 155,000 euros, charged to the Society’s budgets for the 2027, 2028, and 2029 fiscal years, according to article 2 of the resolution. The maximum amount per project and the applicable caps are:

• Maximum amount per project: 100,000 euros, provided it does not exceed 75% of the call’s total credit.
• General limit: the grant may not exceed 50% of the budget of the selected project.
• Exception: works declared as “difficult” are governed by the limits of article 21.2 of Royal Decree 1084/2015.
• Aid intensity: the sum of this grant and other State aid may not exceed 50% of the recognized cost, extendable to 60% in cross-border productions with producers from more than one Member State.
• Once the credit is exhausted, no further grants will be awarded.

The call is based on the general rules of Order UIC/13/2022, of May 16 (BOC number 100, of May 25, 2022), and is processed in accordance with Law 10/2006, of July 17, on Grants of Cantabria and Law 38/2003, of November 17, General Law on Grants.

Requirements: Cantabrian production companies and team with tax residence

Natural or legal persons constituted as independent audiovisual producers who can prove a permanent establishment in Cantabria prior to the publication of the summary may apply for the grants. In co-productions, each participant must meet the requirements and hold at least 10% ownership of the work; European Economic Interest Groupings may also apply if one of their partners is an independent producer registered in the Administrative Registry of Cinematographic and Audiovisual Companies.

Projects must comply, among others, with these conditions:

• Must be a feature film of more than 60 minutes or a series with a minimum aggregate duration of 180 minutes, of fiction, documentary, or animation.
• Must hold a Spanish nationality certificate from the Institute of Audiovisual and Cinematographic Arts (ICAA).
• Must have at least one person with tax residence in Cantabria in two of these six positions: production, direction, screenplay, original music, cinematography, or head of editing; for animation, positions include animation direction and art direction.
• Must obtain a minimum of 50 points out of 100, with partial thresholds of 9 points for economic viability and 14 for the quality of the creative proposal.

Excluded, among others, are films produced directly by television operators, those fully funded by public administrations, and those with advertising content or political propaganda.

Scale, deadlines, and obligations

The External Evaluation Committee, composed of three experts appointed by the General Directorate, scores up to 100 points with the following distribution: contribution to the Cantabrian audiovisual sector (25), quality of the creative proposal (30), economic viability (18), gender equality (8), financial and contractual status (8), team track record (6), and sustainable filming (5). The application period is 15 business days from the day following the publication of the extract, via the Society’s website manager, www.srecd.es, or in person at the Santander headquarters (calle Gamazo, no number).

The execution of the project may not exceed two years and the procedure must be resolved within a maximum of six months, with negative administrative silence. Obligations of the beneficiaries include depositing a copy in the Filmoteca de Cantabria, delivering a trailer to the Cantabria Film Commission, and including the logo of the Society and the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Sport in the credits with the legend “With the support of the Government of Cantabria”.

On the same day, October 29, the parallel line of development grants is published, endowed with 45,000 euros (CVE-2026-8414), which constitutes a public support package for the Cantabrian audiovisual sector in two successive phases of the production process.

Source: Official Gazette of Cantabria, no. 208, of October 29, 2026, section I, page 55575 (official reference: CVE-2026-8412; extract in CVE-2026-8417, page 55608).