This is where to find English-speaking production crews in Portugal, and how to hire one.

Portugal is a small market, and a good part of the work that crews do here is for agencies, brands and productions from other countries. English becomes the working language on those sets, and the people who direct, film and edit carry it into their daily work.

The people who lead, the director, the director of photography, the editor and the producer, usually work in English without difficulty. Assistants and runners vary. What you need is one person on set who speaks English and makes the decisions with you.

• A production company, which brings its own team, adds people when the shoot needs them and answers for the whole job.
• A fixer or line producer, who hires a crew for you and runs the local side, while you keep the creative decisions.
• Freelancers hired one by one, which gives you more control and more coordination work.

We work as a production company, and as a fixer for productions that bring their own director.

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Both. A studio has its own core team, which gives you consistency and one company that answers for the job, and brings in freelancers for specialised roles when the shoot needs them. Ours is a team of three, Daniel Lopes, Pedro and Willen, who write, film and edit every project.

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They vary a lot with the role, the seniority and the equipment each person brings, so any table of rates is only a rough guide. Speaking English does not usually change the rate. We quote per project, and our videos start at €700.

Video production costs

It depends on the size of the shoot and the dates. A small crew can be ready quickly; a larger one, with permits and equipment to rent, needs more notice. Most of our projects take 2 to 4 weeks from the brief to delivery, with 1 or 2 days of filming.

A contract per project that states what you receive, the calendar, the payments and the usage rights, all written into the proposal before you sign. Portuguese law applies to a Portuguese company, and business clients elsewhere in the EU are usually invoiced under the intra-EU reverse charge.