National films

The Spanish film industry is going through one of its best times. Never before have so many shoots been taking place at so many different locations across the country, and national films enjoy the public's favour and positive reviews.

The Film and Audiovisual Arts Institute (ICAA), which is run by the Ministry of Culture, Education and Sports, has published useful information on these films on its website, including information on production, distribution, screenings and commercialisation. Apart from the technical specification sheets for each audiovisual project, they also provide information on where they were shot. All this information plus lots more is published in the yearly Film Yearbook (Anuario de Cine) and has been done so since 2002. If you are looking for information on previous years, from 1996-2003, you can have a look at the Trends in Spanish Cinema Report.

The Spanish Cinema Catalogue is a publication which has been edited by the ICAA since 2011 and which also includes Spanish films, both feature length and short films, the National Cinematography Prize, the list of Goya Prizes and Spain's Order of Arts and Letters.

The database of films classified for commercial screening is a useful tool which allows you to enter various search criteria, such as title, directors, producer, actors etc.

Up to date information on the films notified to the ICAA as having Spanish participation in their production, can be found on the feature films preview, which features both fictional and documentary titles as well as animation pictures.

The following list includes some of the most significant national productions shot between 1930 and 1996, and the locations where shooting took place.