PRODUCTION INCENTIVES IN PORTUGAL Through the Pic Portugal - Cash Rebate Incentive and the recently created Pic Portugal - Cash Refund Incentive (ICA, I.P.),
Portugal offers highly competitive financing options for domestic and foreign productions and co-productions that are
filmed and produced on Portuguese territory and involve local and European artists and technicians.
Portuguese Film and Audiovisual Institute (ICA) KNOW MORE

SHOOTING PLACES

Portugal's Locations
Palacio Sotto Mayor
Center of Portugal
Museu Municipal Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso
Porto and North
Carvalho Beach
Algarve
Castelo Archaeological Crypt
Alentejo
Roads in Madeira
Madeira
São Vicente Lighthouse
Algarve

MADE IN PORTUGAL

CASH REBATE SUPPORTED FILMS

Film

Ariel

DIRECTOR

Lois Patiño

PRODUCTION

Bando à Parte & Filmika Galaika

Film

The Luminous Life

DIRECTOR

João Rosas

PRODUCTION

Midas Films

TV Series

From Here There Was Resistance

DIRECTOR

Carlos Amaral and Edgar Pêra

PRODUCTION

Bando à Parte

Film

First Person Plural

DIRECTOR

Sandro Aguilar

PRODUCTION

O Som e a Fúria and La Sarraz Pictures

Film

Una Quinta Portuguesa

DIRECTOR

Avelina Prat

PRODUCTION

Distinto Films, Jaibo Films, O Som e a Fúria, Almendros Blancos AIE

TV Series

Finisterra

DIRECTOR

Guilherme Branquinho and Leone Niel

PRODUCTION

Take It Easy, Wild Fang Films, Pixable Studios

NEWS

LATEST NEWS
TorinoFilmLab: Portugal to host the Green Film Lab 2025

Applications are now open for the Green Film Lab, a TorinoFilmLab initiative taking place in Portugal with the support of the Portugal Film Commission and the Portuguese Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual (ICA).

Session on Pic Portugal informs FEST participants

In 2025, the Pic Portugal incentives took on a dedicated presence at the festival, through a session included in the Industry Program, held this Wednesday. “Producing with Incentives: Cash Rebate in Practice” was the title of the masterclass.

Audiovisual industry gathered in Cuenca for Conecta Fiction & Entertainment

After Portugal having been the focus country at the previous edition, the country returned to the spotlight in one of the event’s panel discussions, featuring Ana Marques, Executive Director of the Portugal Film Commission, and Victor Lamadrid, Secretary General of the Spain Film Commission.

Portugal’s participation stood out at the 40th Guadalajara International Film Festival

Between films in competition and an extended retrospective, the programme featured 38 Portuguese films, including fiction shorts and features, animation and documentary.

Portugal Film Commission returns to the Marché du Film

The Portugal Film Commission took part in the latest edition of the Marché du Film, further strengthening Portugal’s position as a competitive and attractive destination for international film and audiovisual productions.

Productions supported by Pic Portugal honoured at the 2025 Sophia Awards

The 2025 Sophia Awards once again celebrated national cinema, with several productions supported by the Pic Portugal – Cash Rebate Incentive receiving distinctions in some of the most prestigious categories of the Portuguese Film Academy awards.