Former Spanish Film Commission VP Teresa Azcona Named Madrid Audiovisual Cluster General Manager
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Teresa Azcona, a driving force behind the build of the Spain Film Commission’s emergence as one of the key institutional players on Southern Europe’s locations scene, has been named general manager of the Madrid Audiovisual Cluster.
While Barcelona has a thriving new generation of auteurist movie directors and producers and a building animation scene, Madrid has reaped the largest benefit of Spain’s building, decade-long TV boom.
Spain’s Mediaset, Atresmedia, Movistar Plus+, The Mediapro Studio, Secuoya Group and Netflix’s European Production Hub are all located in a golden triangle stretching from northern Madrid to satellite town Tres Cantos, a 25-minute drive north of the Spanish capital.
According to Spain’s National Institute of Statistics, (INE), cited by the Cluster, Madrid represents 32.1% of Spanish audiovisual companies, but 75.9% of its annual revenues of €7.3 billion ($7.8 billion).
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