Shooting Locations Marketplace 2023 hosted professionals from 15 countries

This year’s edition of Shooting Locations Marketplace, the event for shooting destinations held in Valladolid on 17th and 18th October, saw a rise in the number of participating Spanish and international destinations, location scouts and companies operating in the audiovisual production sector. Professionals from 15 countries gathered at this two-day event organised by Feria de Valladolid and Spain Film Commission and sponsored by the Junta de Castilla y León and Valladolid City Council.

The event aims to provide a meeting point for all those agents involved in film shoots through a series of work scenarios: an agenda comprising more than 950 meetings arranged in accordance with the shared interests of the destinations and location scouts, as well as roundtable discussions and talks on issues such as the sustainability of film shoots, tax incentives, the impact of the recent scriptwriters’ strike or the use of artificial intelligence in the search for locations.

Shooting Locations Marketplace was attended by 36 Spanish and 9 international destinations: France and Brittany, Germany, Berlin-Brandenburg and Baviera, Poland, Norway, Jordan and Egypt. The number of private companies attending also rose, both in terms of those seeking to attract shoots and production service providers. Indeed, Shooting Locations Marketplace also provides a space for these businesses to present their activities, and this year’s edition included interventions by firms from Peru, Jordan, Spain, Estonia and Namibia.

Alberto Alonso, Feria de Valladolid’s Managing Director, highlighted the steady growth of Shooting Locations Marketplace “reflected in these figures, the result of the incorporation of new destinations and companies. This is thanks to the hard work and support of our partner, Spain Film Commission, and our sponsors, Valladolid City Council and the Junta de Castilla y León”. Alonso went on to add that “the increased offer brings with it a rise in the number of location scouts who attended Shooting Locations Marketplace: 69 professionals from seven countries. For this new edition, we have continued with last year’s strategy of including executive profiles with a greater decision-making capacity in terms of the choice of destinations”. He also highlighted the fact that 65 per cent of the location scouts and producers are from the US and the UK, the two leading markets in the western audio-visual industry.

The Chairman of Feria de Valladolid’s Executive Committee, Víctor Caramanzana, highlighted the fact that “Shooting Locations Marketplace was created to become a benchmark for audio-visual industry professionals and destinations, and in just two years has grown both nationally and internationally”.

Juan Manuel Guimeráns, Secretary General of the Spain Film Commission, stressed “Spain’s competitive capacity to attract international shoots, the development of the country’s audio-visual industry and the crucial role played by Shooting Locations Marketplace in creating contacts and connections with professionals from other countries”. Guimeráns positioned this event in the framework of the Spain, Audiovisual Hub of Europe Plan, an initiative driven by the Spanish Secretary of State for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructures.