top of page
BITTEN LOGO BLK SQR.jpg
  • Vimeo
  • White Twitter Icon
  • White Instagram Icon
BITTEN LOGO BLK SQR.jpg
60778f2b5651c.image.jpg
About & Subscribe

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

​

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

​

Puerto Rico Production Incentives Overview

 

Transferable tax credit

​

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

 

​

    ABOUT US   
  • Black Facebook Icon
  • Black Twitter Icon
  • Black Instagram Icon
BIO

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.

​

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.

​

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.

​

Contact me
CLIMATE ACTION
   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. 

​​
  Green Film Festival of Puerto Rico produced by Bitten  
FILM CONTEST SHOWCASE 2025
AGUA GLÚ GLÚ BY LENNON ALERS
WINNER OF THE FILM CONTEST 2024
FIREBALL CATEGORY
YO SIEMBRO BY LYRA DEL MAR PETERS 
WINNER OF THE FILM CONTEST 2024
SHOOTING STAR CATEGORY
CHRISTIAN MEDINA GERENA_GLOBAL FOOD SCARCITY (1).jpg
GLOBAL FOOD SCARCITY BY CHRISTIAN A. MEDINA WINNER OF THE ART CONTEST 2024
WORLDWATER
PUERTO RICO

Bitten LLC
2020

bottom of page