Law 1556
Through Law 1556 of 2012, Colombia offers incentives for audiovisual projects that are fully or partially developed in the country.
FFC – CASH REBATE
Reimbursement of 40% of the expenses in audiovisual services* and 20% of the expenditures for logistics services* in the country.
Local and foreign projects in the following formats:
- Film works
- Series
- Music videos
- Animation
- In the stages of :
- Production
- Production and posproduction**
*Provided by Colombian companies or individuals of Colombian nationality and residents in the country.
**To be eligible for the FFC, a post-production project must have benefited from the FFC in the previous year in the production modality (art 7.3 MAR).
CINA – TRANSFERABLE TAX CREDIT
Tax Discount Certificate for 35% of the expenses in audiovisual and logistics services* in the country.
Foreign projects in the following formats:
- Film works
- Series
- Music videos
- Video games
- Audiovisual production for advertising
- Animation
- In the stages of :
- Production
- Posproduction
- Production and posproduction**
*Provided by Colombian companies or individuals of Colombian nationality and residents in the country.
Download the Handbook of Incentives for the audiovisual sector regarding the Law 1556 of 2012.
For specific information, please refer to the Resources Allocation Manual and Annexes.
If you want to learn more about the negotiation and use of the CINA incentive, download the instuctive here.
Watch the explanatory video of the CINA and FFC incentives
To learn more about the legal framework for incentives, please refer to Law 814 of 2003, Law 1556 of 2012, the Law 1955 of 2019, the Resolution 065 of 2021 and Decrees 1080 of 2015, Decrees 794 of 2018 and 474 of 2020
Available
resources
FFC
Projects approved 2025: 3
$ 8.789.620.857 COP
Balance: $914.013.442
The top limit per project: 3.340.196.500 COP
Last update: June 5, 2025
CINA
Projects approved 2025: 13
$235.000.000.000 COP
Balance
$74.860.039.189 COP
Last update: June 5, 2025
