Union & Non-Union Talent Management

Here is how this works in practice. Spain's collective-rights ecosystem runs through a dense web of running societies that runaway shoots must clear correctly to qualify for the ICAA 30% rebates. The Canary Islands 50% credit and the Navarra 70% credit. AISGE — Artistas Intérpretes Sociedad de Gestión — administers the moral and economic rights of actors and dancers. AIE (Sociedad de Artistas Intérpretes o Ejecutantes) does the same for musicians and performers. ALMA (Autores Literarios de Medios Audiovisuales). The Sindicato de Guionistas hold the line on screenwriter contracts.

Here is the short of it. SGAE (Sociedad General de Autores y Editores) manages composer and music-publisher rights. DAMA handles audiovisual authors. And AGEDI covers mechanical-rights admin for phonogram producers. We map each cast and crew buy-in against these registries before deal-memos go out. So the ICAA certification audit at the end of the shoot finds no gaps. Convenio colectivo de la industria de producción audiovisual rate-card compliance is logged per call sheet, with late hours and meal-penalty calculations stamped daily.

Here is the breakdown. Day-to-day admin runs in four languages because Spain's autonomous-community labor framework demands it. Contracts for shoots in Cataluña are issued bilingual ES/Catalan. Basque Country (País Vasco) shoots run ES/Euskera. Galicia shoots ship ES/Galego. And Valencian Community work uses ES/Valencian. AEAT invoicing carries IVA at 21% standard, with the 10% reduced rate applied where tutoring services and certain cultural exemptions qualify. And we set up intra-EU VAT reverse-charge for crew supplied from Portugal, France, Italy or Germany.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Seguridad Social TGSS sign-ups for daily-hire performers, payroll for the Régimen Especial de Artistas. And Extranjería work-permit admin for non-EU principals (with separate fast-track via the Mobilidad Iberoamericana convenio for Mexican, Argentinian, Colombian and Chilean talent) close out the pre-production forms before cameras roll. Final wrap delivers a single audit pack: ICAA certification file, AEAT IVA reconciliation, AISGE/AIE/ALMA/SGAE/DAMA distributions, and Seguridad Social settlements.