Chile's efforts to open the doors to Bollywood are doing their first fruits. The multimillionaire factory of Indian cinema, one of the largest industries in the world of film productions, with more than 2,000 films per year, has been increasing their recordings abroad, particularly in Europe, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. And the South American country is narrowing the links to join that list. Prochile – an entity under the Foreign Ministry that promotes Chilean products abroad – and the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Patrimonies of the Gabriel Boric government have carried out a series of promotion actions that have initially resulted in that four Bollywood producers have requested information to come to film Chile, and one of them already has a proposal that is being managed. For the second semester, in addition, a commercial visit of regional film producers and commissions to India is set. A delegation of producers from the Asian country visited at the beginning of March different areas of Viña del Mar and Valparaíso, the Unesco Heritage City. They also toured the sea of Dunas and the San José mine, where the 33 miners were trapped in 2010, in Atacama, the most arid desert in the world. Ignacio Fernández, director of Prochile, comments that the Indian producers who knew the locations are currently raising projects, «looking for financing and partners to specify the filming of a Bollywood film in our country.» Indian film director Sanjay Khanduri said his intention is to bring some «excellent scripts» to Chile. «We are also interested in collaborating with screenwriters [chilenos] To develop stories that can be filmed in Chile and, at the same time, make commercial meaning in India, ”added Khanduri. A month after that visit, President Gabriel Buric participated in the Shoot in Chile version in Mumbai -the capital of the cinema of India -an initiative that invites international producers and filmmakers to film in the South American country to position the image and the national landscapes abroad. «Imagine a location of a Bollywood film in Patagonia, on the Beagle Canal, in Navario's teeth, in Torres del Paine,» said the president. Promotional material, marketing campaigns, events, public relations and activities to develop the professional capacities of the sector and enhance the export of audiovisual services. The Minister of Cultures, Arts and Heritage, Carolina Arredondo tells El País that meetings have coordinated meetings with different representatives of public institutions to give information of the different incentives and supports available to facilitate the arrival of the possible productions of India. Producer of filming some scenes in Chile and we are in coordination with them to materialize it, as well as with others that have been requesting information on calls and benefits to come to film in our country, ”he says. In Chile there is the Audiovisual Investment Fund (FIA), which seeks to promote foreign investment in national audiovisual productions of an associative nature and that consists of a reimbursement of 35% of the total cost of the total cost of the services that are executed in Chile, As long as the rest of the financing is committed by a foreign producer. of services for the development or realization of the audiovisual project ”. Paula Ossandón, director of Chiledocs, whose objective is to internationally position the Chilean documentary, warns that the time to open bridges and generate ties between markets are slow But everything is still incipient, ”he says. And he adds:“ I will rightly attend Sunny Side of the Doc, a French market specializing in television -oriented documentaries and platforms, and they wrote to me of an Indian documentary that seeks co -production with Chile ”. That international productions are interested in Chile to film not only will reflect benefits in the audiovisual sector, says Fernández, of Prochile, but also in the sectors Tourist, gastronomic and economic.