HISTORY
	Colombian cinema has struggled to develop a solid industry throughout its history. During the beginning of the 20th century some production companies tried to maintain a level of constant production but due to lack of government support and the strong international industries ended up diminishing the initiatives. In the 1980s the government of Colombia helped to develop the state owned Cinematographic Development Company (Compañía de Fomento Cinematográfico FOCINE), which helped to produce some films, but also struggled to maintain financially. FOCINE was liquidated in the beginning of the 1990s. In 1997 the Colombian congress approved Law 397, Article 46 or the General Law of Culture with the purpose of supporting and complementing the development of the movie industry in Colombia by creating a cinematography promotion mixed fund called Corporación PROIMAGENES en Movimiento (PROIMAGES in motion Corporation). In 2003 Congress also approved the Law of Cinema (Ley de CIne 814), which helped to restart the cinematographic industry in Colombia. The law of cinema is aimed to benefit the entire chain of the Colombian film industry-producers, distributors and exhibitors. It asks all of them to participate in the development of the industry. The collected funds are redistributed for productions and co-productions as soft loans or as contingency monies for financial institutions investing in.