Ministry of Culture of Spain

The Ministry of Culture promotes and supports all activities that contribute to the conservation of audiovisual heritage and improve the economic structure of the film and audiovisual industry. The Spanish Ministry of Culture established the Institute of Film and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA, Instituto de la Cinematografia y las Artes Audiovisuales) in order to provide funding for a range of film-related activities, such as production, distribution, script development, festivals, etc. In 2006, the total budget of ICAA was 64.5 million euros.