Dear Film Maker:

The State of Baja California offers a diversity of urban and rural landscapes, cosmopolitan cities, colorful towns, beaches and bays on the shores of the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California, deserts, mountains, and lush wine growing valleys; in short, a cornucopia of scenery for every kind of moviemaking, along with sites of cultural interest harmoniously combined with the warmth and hospitality of our people.

The efforts of authorities at all three levels of government (federal, state and municipal) including specialists in tourism, professionals and technicians, have contributed significantly in recent years to the growth of the movie industry in Baja California, bringing in millions of dollars of movie related investments to film more than a hundred movies, including such outstanding features as "Titanic", "Deep Blue Sea", "Pearl Harbor", "Ocean Oasis", “Master and commander: the far side of the world”, “Jarhead”, “Borderland”, “The dead and life of Boby Z”, “Resident evil 3” and the Oscar nominee “Babel”, plus made for television programming by major networks such as Univision, Telemundo, Televisa, TV Azteca, BBC of London, The Travel Channel, The Discovery Channel, MTV, and a host of TV commercials for world-renowned brands.

Given the importance of the movie industry for Baja California, the State Film Commission (Comisión Estatal de Filmaciones) was created to attend to the needs and to promote the great potential of this industry in our State. The commission provides a variety of services to assist film production companies, and it supports outreach programs to raise the community's level of awareness about filmmaking activities. It has worked to facilitate investments in theme parks and film production studios by movie companies from developed countries, thereby contributing significantly to the realization of movie industry projects that create jobs, increase foreign revenues, and promote tourism in the state.

It is my pleasure to invite you to familiarize yourself with the diversity of locations that our state offers, and I am pleased to take this opportunity to urge you to select Baja California for your next film project!

The Baja California State Government