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One Stop Shoot.
Best Tax Rebate in the world.

Hollywood on the Canary Islands, Europe
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Any location on Earth, and beyond.Shot on the Canary Islands
Volcano, desert, city, coast, and any world we build.Shot for real, or on LED, green screen and with AI
Europe's largest LED volume. Green screen, finished with AI.Every other place in the world, built on our stages
Up to 54% back in cash, about 60 days after you spend it.One contract. One contact. One invoice.
What we do

You bring the film.
We deliver everything else.

  1. 01

    Production service or co-production

    Spanish producer of record, crew, locations, stages, permits. Or we become your Spanish co-producer and the picture gains European nationality.

  2. 02

    LED volume

    A 40 by 8 metre wall on the Canary Islands, one of Europe's largest stages. Final pixels in camera, every day counted as island spend.

  3. 03

    Hybrid AI production

    Plates on green on the Canary Islands. Environments, crowds, set extensions generated and art-directed by our pipeline, finished by our VFX unit.

  4. 04

    Animation

    3D, 2D and AI animation from the team behind Mavka, Zafari and Subway Surfers, released in 80 countries.

  5. 05

    VFX, post, music and sound

    The unit behind Squid Game 3 and Senna. Score and mix recorded on the islands, inside the rebate.

  6. 06

    Rebate and cash flow

    We file it, an auditor certifies it, our bank advances it: 80% of each month's rebate about 60 days later. The last 20% when the Spanish tax office pays.

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What it means for your budget
Cash rebate0%54% on the first million of island spend, 45% on everything above, up to 36M per picture. Written into Spanish tax law, no fund that runs out.
Paid0 daysAbout two months after each month's spend is certified, 80% of its rebate lands in your account. Elsewhere you wait two years.
Contract0One partner and one invoice for the shoot, the stages, animation, VFX and delivery.
36Mcap per picture, 18M per episode
No fundstatutory, nothing to run out
1Misland spend qualifies
ATL countswithin the per-person cap
EU laweuro contracts, 4 hours from London
DoublesAthens, Mars, the Sahara: all shot here

Estimate under Spanish tax law (Art. 36.2 LIS), Canary Islands rates 2026. We confirm your exact figure on your own budget.

The studios already know the way

Hollywood has shot here for fifteen years. Now one company runs the whole picture.

Volcanic highlandsClash of the Titans · Fast & Furious 6
Corralejo dunesWonder Woman 1984 · Eternals · Solo
Santa Cruz and La LagunaJason Bourne · Rambo: Last Blood
Los GigantesSea cliffs and open Atlantic
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Who you're working with

Hollywood-experienced team.

Mark RauMark RauCEO · Executive Producer

Executive Producer, Brightburn (Sony, James Gunn) · Line Producer, Prisoner of Paradise (Oscar nominee) · budgets to USD 120M

Peter KPPeter KPHead of VFX and post

25 years in VFX · Squid Game 3 · Senna · Cleaner · Insidious: The Red Door · A Million Miles Away

Dirk HampelDirk HampelHead of Animation

Animation studios since 1996, on the Canary Islands since 2017 · Mavka · Zafari · Subway Surfers · Pettson & Findus

Where

Spain, Europe. Off the coast of Africa. Same time zone as London.

Map of the Atlantic with the Canary Islands between Europe, Africa and the United States
Los Angeles13 h
New York7 h
London4 h
Madrid2.5 h
Canary IslandsEU, euro, Spanish law

Flight times are typical nonstop or one-stop durations. The islands are part of Spain and the European Union; the clock runs on London time, and the sun shines more than 300 days a year.

Los Angeles · Tenerife · Barcelona · Berlin

Send us your budget. We send back what you get back.

Email us your budget. Within five working days you get your rebate, line by line, and a time for a twenty-minute call. No fee, no commitment.

Your contact: Mark Rau, CEO · Executive Producer
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