PRODUCTIONS WITH A SMILE
Production company Mallorca — the permit already exists, the van is already on the boat.
Luxury producers land in Palma with a DP, a stylist and a mood board. We land everything else. Twelve years of Consell Insular paperwork filed, a sprinter van on the Dénia ferry by Tuesday, a Deià finca owner who answers on the first ring, and a crew who knows when the mayor is on urlaub. Mallorca production without the Mallorca paperwork.
Mallorca looks easy on a mood board and hard on a Wednesday. The Sa Calobra road has a 30-minute shoot window before the tour bus convoy begins; the Consell Insular permit desk closes at 14:00; half the Pinterest fincas in Deià have been off-market since the 2023 rental reform; the Parc Natural de la Serra de Tramuntana wants your shot list 21 days ahead, in Catalan, with a stamped insurance certificate. We already know who signs and when they’re away. Your crew flies in on shoot day, not scout day.
What we handle
✓ Shoot permits — Consell Insular, Parc Natural, Ajuntaments
Tramuntana, Palma old town, closed-beach, drone and helicopter permits filed on our letterhead, stamped in Catalan. One contact; you don’t need a separate fixer.
✓ Logistics — vans, ferries, accommodation
Sprinter vans on the Dénia ferry 48h before call; crew housing in Deià, Sóller and Palma; talent transfers from Son Sant Joan. Everything on wheels boards the Tuesday boat.
✓ Locations — fincas, coves, mountain road, Palma rooftops
400+ Balearics locations tracked door-by-door, Mallorca-heavy. Off-market fincas in Deià and Valldemossa, unphotographed coves off Formentor, private estates in the Tramuntana foothills.
✓ Production crew — local, English-speaking, Catalan on paperwork
DP, gaffer, grip, HMU, production assistants, runners. Plus a producer who reads the permit email in Catalan so you don’t have to. All locally sourced, rated cards on file.
✓ Equipment — ARRI, Profoto, grip + DIT on island
ARRI SkyPanel, Profoto B10/Pro-11, camera carts, generators, on-set DIT. What the island doesn’t carry, we ship from Barcelona on the Wednesday boat.
✓ Don’t see your service?
Helicopter lifts over Cap de Formentor, horses on the Tramuntana ridge, closed-road drone runs at sunrise — we’ve done it. Ask us →
Recent work
How we work
Permit lodged
Parc Natural and Consell Insular need the shot list and crew manifest three weeks ahead. We file on your brief, in Catalan, on our letterhead. Sa Calobra road-closure permit goes in the same day.
Locations locked, recce reel sent
Owner meetings in Deià, Valldemossa, Sóller. Recce reel delivered Monday of T-14 week — stills, 90-second video flyovers, geolocated pins, permit status. Finca keys booked. Alternates held on soft hold.
Trucks on the ferry, crew confirmed
Gaffer, grip, HMU, DIT locked. Catering briefed for dietaries. Talent transfers from Son Sant Joan scheduled. Sprinter vans roll onto the Dénia ferry two days out for a Wednesday 07:00 call.
Wrap, wash, rebate file
Trucks back on the ferry by +2. Balearic 30% rebate pack filed with the Mallorca Film Commission inside 14 days. Location owners paid, thanked, on the referral list for next season.
Mallorca — our home turf
Mallorca isn’t one island, it’s four weathers. The Serra de Tramuntana from Valldemossa down through Deià and Sóller, the hairpin descent to Sa Calobra, Cap de Formentor’s lighthouse road at first light, and Palma’s old-town rooftops when the cruise ships haven’t docked yet. We shoot all four in a week.
| BEST LIGHT WINDOW | May–June, late September — sunrise 06:40, golden hour 19:45 |
| NEAREST AIRPORT | Palma (PMI) · Son Sant Joan — 15 min to city, 45 min to Deià |
| PERMIT LEAD TIME | 21 days Parc Natural · 10 days Consell Insular · 5 days Ajuntament |
| LIBRARY SIZE | 400+ locations across the Balearics, Mallorca-heavy |
Lovely CPS is the production company in Mallorca luxury producers call when the DP is already booked, the stylist is already on a plane, and the mood board is locked. We don’t pitch creative — we pitch logistics. Tramuntana permits, Deià finca keys, a sprinter van on the Tuesday ferry from Dénia, a gaffer who knows the Sa Calobra wind. Twelve years on the Balearics. 400+ locations door-knocked, owner-by-owner. If you already have the vision, we deliver the day.
Our mallorca production services run across the whole island in a single contract: shoot permits through the Consell Insular and Parc Natural de la Serra de Tramuntana; drone and helicopter clearance via AESA and the Mallorca Film Commission; closed-road filming on the Sa Calobra descent and the Cap de Formentor lighthouse access; off-market fincas in Deià, Valldemossa and Sóller; Palma old-town rooftop access before the cruise lines dock; talent transfers from Son Sant Joan; ARRI + Profoto rental on-island; DIT carts; local production crew, English-speaking, Catalan-fluent on every permit email.
Mallorca rarely travels alone on a campaign brief. We routinely wrap mallorca film production into a Balearics+ week — day trip to Ibiza or Formentera, or a second leg in Berlin on the same MSA. One producer, three postcodes, one invoice. We also file the Balearic 30% tax rebate for qualifying projects through the Mallorca Film Commission. Ibiza, Mallorca and Berlin under one contract — the boring-expensive parts handled, quietly, while your crew is still at the gate.
Questions we get a lot
How early do I need to commit dates for a Tramuntana shoot?
Twenty-one days is the Parc Natural de la Serra de Tramuntana’s hard floor for a permit; Consell Insular wants ten. We’ve filed inside fourteen and landed it, but we won’t promise it — the queue is real and August is brutal. For a May–June or late-September window, commit dates six weeks out and we lodge the permit the same week.
Can you close Sa Calobra for sunrise?
Yes — it’s a 30-minute shoot window before the first tour bus convoy arrives, and we need an Ajuntament d’Escorca road-closure permit and a Guardia Civil courtesy heads-up. We’ve done it multiple times. If your sunrise is at 06:42, trucks are positioned at the bottom at 05:30.
Do you handle drone and helicopter permits?
Yes — AESA operator clearance plus Mallorca Film Commission sign-off for commercial use, plus Parc Natural overlay if you’re flying inside the Serra de Tramuntana protected zone. Helicopter lifts over Cap de Formentor need a 10-day lead and air-traffic notice. We’ve filed both on the same shoot.
How do you ship kit in — ferry or air?
Ferry from Dénia for trucks, grip, generators, anything on wheels. Direct air freight via Palma (PMI) for camera bodies and Profoto kit the island doesn’t stock. Standard pattern — sprinter vans board the Tuesday afternoon boat, arrive Mallorca at 23:00, on-set by Wednesday 07:00.
Can we scout remotely before committing?
Yes. We’ll send a recce reel the Monday of T-14 week — stills, 90-second video flyovers of 3–6 candidate locations, owner brief, access notes, permit status, and a weather-windowed shot-time table. If you need adjustments you have a week before we lock keys.
Do you work with our existing London or NYC producer / agency contract?
Always. We bolt onto an agency contract as the island-side service production company — your EP stays your EP, your director’s deal doesn’t change. We deliver permits, crew, locations, logistics, DIT and wrap-pack under NDA, and the Balearic 30% rebate file goes back to your finance team inside 14 days of wrap.
NDAs and confidentiality — how do you handle it?
NDA by default on every brief; we sign yours or send ours. No social posting of unreleased work, no crew photos on location Instagram, no location address shared outside the confirmed crew list. If the campaign has an embargo date, we hold everything until the brand’s release day.
Balearic tax rebate — is it worth filing?
Yes, if the project qualifies. The Balearic Islands run a 30% Spanish-production rebate administered via the Mallorca Film Commission, on top of the national scheme. We file the pack — receipts, timesheets, crew CIFs, location contracts — inside 14 days of wrap. Minimum spend thresholds apply; we’ll tell you on the first call whether your scope crosses the line.
Send us the dates
Send us the dates. We’ll tell you inside 24h, island time, if the permit lead fits.
NDA by default on every brief. We’ll sign yours or send ours.
