• 2.2% of local GDP and 5% of labor force.
• Active local ecosystem with over 220 players, including films and TV producers and production services companies, animation and videogames developers, advertising agencies, universities, and schools, among other.
• Exports increased from US$ 9,5 to 60 Million between 2007 and 2019, with 70 exporting companies. Figure 1 and 2
• Investment attraction and promotion is a continuous works in several priority markets like Europe, North America, Asia, and Latin America.
• US$ 1.5 billion imports annually in technologies and supplies for the audiovisual industry from 60 countries. Figure 3
• +240 international awards since 2009 (84 only in 2018). Some examples:
– Gabriel Rodríguez, Eisner Award Winner (the Comics Oscar) – 2015
– “Bear Story”, Best Animated Short Film – Academy Awards (2016)
– “A Wonderful Woman”, Best Foreign Film – Academy Awards (2018)
– Banana Kong, developed by Gamaga in 2013, overpassed over 100 million downloads in 2018
– “The Mole Agent”, nominated in the Academy Awards (2021) for Best Documentary Feature.
Figure 1. Chilean Exports of Creative Sector
Notes:
• “Audiovisual” includes:
– Cinematographic movie filming services for promotion or advertising (commercial)
– Post-production services for motion pictures and videotapes.
– “Production of television program originals”, “online video supply for companies located abroad” and “sound post-production”.
• The main exported service was “Filming of films, for projection in cinema and television, using animation techniques” with export for US $ 2.1
Figure 2. Number of Chilean Exporting Companies
Figure 3. Types of technologies and goods imported for the audiovisual industry, 2018 – 2019
Source: Analysis and Elaboration FISA S.A. based on information from CCS Comex System and ChileCreativo Industry Meeting: “Corfo and ProChile Instruments for the Audiovisual Sector, July 17, 2020