One-Stop Shop
PERMITS
We accompany the management of the necessary permits for the use of public space for audiovisual purposes in Medellín, both commercial, cultural, artistic, academic or community nature. This request is generated through the Medellín Mayor’s Office One-Stop Shop which makes it easier for the people responsible for the productions to personally carry out a single procedure for all those public spaces or for for all locations that are required.
This procedure must be initiated with a minimum of 7 business days in advance. The system articulates everything related to the authorization of use as a location, risk management, verification of biosafety protocols, mobility permits, police accompaniment, among other requirements.
When the production, for some procedural reason, cannot be done with the anticipation that the platform requires, alternative procedures may be sought through the management assigned to us by Municipal Decree 0709 of 2021. For this, it is necessary to write with the need to the email manuela.blandon@medellindigital.gov.co, where we resolve any concerns regarding the filing of applications at the Single Window for Events and provide support to people in the different stages of this procedure. We invite you to write to us with the subject “Application for filming permit – NAME OF THE PRODUCTION”
According to Decree 2467 of 2019, among the tasks of the Strategic Council of the Medellín Film Commission is to propose guidelines for payment exemptions to the use of public space for audiovisual purposes, suggest guidelines to obtain filming permits and identify and promote locations in Medellín, these actions are being designed and implemented in coordination with the Undersecretariat of Public Space, the APP Agency, the Ministry of Mobility, DAGRD, and the entities that administer various spaces. these actions are being designed and implemented in coordination with the Undersecretariat of Public Space, the APP Agency, the Ministry of Mobility, DAGRD, and the entities that administer various spaces. This articulation will allow the creation of the Unified Permit for audiovisual filming (PUFA by its Spanish acronym) as a mechanism for the implementation of Chapter V of Decree 211 of 2014, regarding procedures and requirements for audiovisual filming in public spaces and areas of public use.
