A year of challenges and reorientations… and a film and audiovisual sector that is holding its course.

In a context marked by the suspension of the support fund and the postponement of numerous projects, the year 2025 serves as a reminder of how crucial public support is for the audiovisual sector. In the Gironde department, Gironde Tournages is fully playing its role: supporting professionals, maintaining the region's attractiveness, and preserving industry activity. Through its daily work, the department contributes to structuring a robust ecosystem and defending a creative sector that generates jobs and local economic benefits.

Filming activity in Gironde continues despite a challenging context

In 2025, the Gironde region hosted 16 film and television shoots, totaling 269 days of filming . This slight decrease in activity is mainly due to the massive postponement of projects to 2026 , particularly in television fiction.

Despite this, the activity of the reception office remains strong with 179 projects supported , confirming the attractiveness of the Gironde as a filming location for cinema and audiovisual.

A structured and attractive film and audiovisual sector

Gironde relies on a solid ecosystem with more than 600 registered film and audiovisual technicians in the region.

In terms of locations, more than 9,000 filming locations have been identified, with 38 new locations planned for 2025 , 14 of which were identified by Gironde Tournages . This fieldwork actively contributes to promoting filming locations in Gironde and attracting French and international film and television productions.

The Set Design Inspiration Guide, created in 2025, is a valuable tool for promoting the Gironde region as a filming location, offering a wealth of options available to audiovisual and film productions.

Consult the database of filming locations , and the database of technical teams listed and made available to productions in Gironde.

Local employment: a tangible impact of film and audiovisual productions

Filming activity generates a direct impact on employment with 505 hires of technicians in 2025 , on film and audiovisual productions.

The average local hiring rate has reached 53% , an increase. This trend confirms the effectiveness of the work undertaken to structure the sector and promote the use of local skills, across all categories.

Focus – Economic impact of cinema and audiovisual media

Film and audiovisual productions represent a major economic driver for the region.

On average, €1 invested by the community generates up to €18 of local spending , with a particularly strong impact for audiovisual series.

Some flagship projects, such as the international feature film Chopin, Chopin! (2024), illustrate this dynamic with over €3,3 million in local economic benefits . Thanks to the production team for sharing the economic data.

This data relies primarily on information submitted by productions supported by aid programs, allowing for precise monitoring of expenditures within the region. In this context, the suspension of departmental support funding in 2025 undermines this local monitoring capacity. It underscores the importance of strengthened coordination between the different levels of funding to continue measuring and valuing the economic impact of filming in Gironde.

Gironde Tournages: a key player in the region's attractiveness

In this context, Gironde Tournages confirms its central role in the development of the film and audiovisual sector:

  • promoting the Gironde region as a filming destination
  • support for productions (location scouting, permits, networking)
  • animation of the network of local professionals and service providers

All these actions contribute to strengthening the attractiveness of the territory for film and audiovisual shoots and to structuring the sector sustainably.

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Encouraging prospects for cinema and audiovisual media in 2026

Despite a challenging economic context, the outlook remains positive with several projects already underway or announced.

The mobilization of local stakeholders and the work of Gironde Tournages make it possible to envision a resumption of filming activity in Gironde in the coming months.

Focus – Support funds: a structuring lever and challenges for the future

Filming activity in Gironde is part of a funding ecosystem structured around several levels: departmental, regional, and metropolitan . The departmental support fund, contingent upon the existence of the regional fund, complements these mechanisms and strengthens the local roots of projects.

In 2025, nearly a third of the projects received did not receive financial assistance , reflecting the diversity of the productions supported.

Four projects supported by the Department — initiated before the suspension of the scheme — were nevertheless filmed in Gironde:

  • 2 feature films (RM's final days et Everything is going great) representative 35 days of filming out of the 102 days of feature films, with strong local mobilization (up to 75% of the Girondins team on RM's final days)
  • 1 audiovisual series (Daron season 2) with 35 days of filming in Gironde
  • 1 short film (First Fire (by Blanca Camell Gali) with 7 days of shootingincluding 25% of the budget spent locally

These elements illustrate the structuring role of public aid in the establishment of film shoots and their direct impact on the local economy.

The suspension of the departmental fund in 2025 also raises important issues: a more complex observation of the economic impact , which until now has been facilitated by the obligations to report data, a limitation of the possibilities of filming visits for young people, and a need to strengthen the coordination between the different levels of funding to maintain the attractiveness of the territory.

👉 Consult the complete 2025 activity report of Gironde Tournages (Calaméo) to discover all the projects, key figures and prospects.