


Bitten is a production company based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, producing fiction and non-fiction films and providing consulting services across various areas of media production.
Scope of Services
Production
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Development
​Production planning
Engagement with local crew and vendors
Accounting records
Compliance with the Puerto Rico government
Incentives
Advise on the requirements of the Puerto Rico Film Incentives Program
Prepare and present the film tax incentive application
Monitor process with Puerto Rico government agencies and officials
Placement of tax credits
Audit Support
Wrap company and accounting documents
Assemble cost and expense documentation to provide to the Auditor
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Puerto Rico Production Incentives Overview
Transferable tax credit
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40% of payments to Puerto Rico Resident vendors and labor
20% of payments to Nonresident labor
Additional tax credits may apply
Qualifying projects include: features, series, mini-series (including pilots), documentaries, commercials, video-games, tv programs, stand alone post-production, film festivals, music videos, shorts, live-recorded performances
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ABOUT US
Bitten is headed by Nadia Barbarossa, with over 20 years of experience in the film industry in Puerto Rico.
Nadia has provided production and consulting services for several projects filmed in
Puerto Rico for Marvel Studios, Warner Bros., Amazon, Netflix, National Geographic and 20th Century Studios.
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Some of Nadia’s producing credits include the fiction films El Método, Fight Back, La Última Gira, and Sol de Medianoche, as well as the non-fiction films Cockfights: The Last Season, Worldwater, Madres de Nuestra Tierra, Nuestra Isla, Nuestro Encanto, Cuba y Puerto Rico son, Juan Meléndez 6446, and Diario Vietnam.
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As Film Program Manager for the Puerto Rico Film Commission and Corporation 2009–2014), she oversaw more than $122 million in tax credit applications, audits, and certifications granted by the Government of Puerto Rico to film studios and independent producers. She also served as the government’s executive in charge of production and funding for over ten local feature films and documentaries.
She started her career as a production coordinator for National Geographic Television and Film in Washington D.C.
Nadia holds a BA in Public Communication with a concentration in Journalism from the University of Puerto Rico and completed graduate studies in Public History, with a concentration in Documentary Filmmaking and European Studies, at American University in Washington, D.C. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy at the Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico
and the Caribbean.
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NEWS
Estrena episodio de National Geographic filmado en la isla
https://www.primerahora.com/entretenimiento/cine-tv/notas/hoy-estrena-episodio-de-national-geographic-filmado-en-la-isla/
Se necesita magia para hacer cine boricua
https://www.elvocero.com/escenario/se-necesita-magia-para-hacer-cine-boricua/article_e48446a0-9d84-11eb-aefe-27dd4742abae.html
Película boricua a Festival de Cine Latino de Filadelfia
https://www.elvocero.com/escenario/pel-cula-boricua-a-festival-de-cine-latino-de-filadelfia/article_edaa8aba-962b-11eb-9b28-8bc255f2e66f.html
Documental boricua viaja a Festival de Cine en México
https://www.elvocero.com/escenario/documental-boricua-viaja-a-festival-de-cine-en-m-xico/article_5629ef98-2ab8-11eb-829b-b341f8e59321.html
GLOBAL
We are dedicated to producing and sharing films that tell stories about our planet, the urgent need to preserve it, and the depth of the human experience.
We believe in the power of cinema to inspire, connect, and move us to protect the world we call home and the relationships that bind us.
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Green Film Festival of Puerto Rico produced by Bitten

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