Union & Non-Union Talent Management

Here is what we have to work with. Talent running in Colombia threads two regulatory worlds: the Código Sustantivo del Trabajo administered by Ministerio del Trabajo (MinTrabajo) and the entertainment-specific norms negotiated by ACA (Asociación Colombiana de Actores), the country's principal actors' association. Our team works with ACA-registered performers across Bogotá, Medellín, Cali and the Caribbean coast, building call sheets that respect the rate guidance ACA publishes annually and the working-hour expectations that emerged through long telenovela cycles at RCN and Caracol.

Music and audiovisual rights are filed through SAYCO and ACINPRO so soundtrack performances and on-camera musical sequences clear cleanly, while director and writer plan pass through DASC and the DNDA copyright registry. For background extras, models and influencer talent we set up with the talent unions tracked by ANDI and the smaller specialty agencies serving the booming Encanto-era crossover market, making sure contracts hold up under DIAN tax review and audit by Proimágenes Colombia when CINA cash-refund filings are involved.

Our compliance setup begins with a talent type matrix that separates ACA-affiliated principals, non-union performers, child actors covered by ICBF protocols, and indigenous talent engaged through cabildo authorizations in Wayuu, Arhuaco or Kogi territories. Each band has distinct social security obligations under the Sistema General de Seguridad Social — health (EPS), pension (AFP) and occupational risk (ARL) — and our payroll partners issue planilla integrada (PILA) filings on schedule so productions are not exposed during MinTrabajo inspections.

Foreign-talent flows route through Migración Colombia for the Permiso de Trabajo M work visa, with apostilled records prepared in EN/ES so embassy timelines do not block first day of photography. Throughout the shoot we monitor overtime, meal penalties and turnaround in line with both Código Sustantivo provisions and ACA rate-card customary practice, deliver daily talent reports to the line producer, and close the production with full contract files ready for FFC tax credit and CINA cash-refund audits.