Union & Non-Union Talent Management

Here is how this works in practice. Mexican entertainment-union running needs ease in a multi-guild federation. Our team operates across each signing body. ANDA (Asociación Nacional de Actores) represents on-camera performers and dubbers. STPC (Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Producción Cinematográfica) is the IATSE counterpart for below-the-line crew and gatekeeps EFICINE 189-funded features. STIC (Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria Cinematográfica) governs federal cinema crew. AMC (Asociación Mexicana de Cineastas) credentials cinematographers in line with ASC. DGADUM organizes directors. SOGEM (Sociedad General de Escritores de México) represents writers. SOMECINE administers composers and musicians.

Here is the breakdown. On the ground, Each union has separate dues structures, collective minimum-fee schedules, working-hour caps, late hours triggers, and residual provisions. All bookings flow through IMSS (Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social) social-security sign-ups, INFONAVIT housing-fund inputs, ISR (Impuesto Sobre la Renta) bracket-based withholdings, and SAT CFDI 4.0 electronic invoicing — and EFICINE 189 auditors sample union rolls against payroll declarations.

Here is the short of it. Cross-border union reciprocity dominates Mexican global shoots. Our team builds rosters that layer Mexican-union jurisdiction with US-union jurisdiction. SAG-AFTRA shoots filming in Mexico mostly operate Global Rule One waivers for non-Mexican-resident performers, with ANDA dues layered for Mexican-resident principals. This covers the model that worked on Roma (Cuarón 2018), Spectre (007 2015 Zócalo Day of the Dead opening), Sicario and Sicario 2, Narcos: The country, Bardo (Iñárritu 2022), Once Upon a Time in The country, The Magnificent Seven (2016 Durango), Quantum of Solace (2008 Yucatán + Mexico City), Apocalypto (Mel Gibson 2006 Yucatán), and Titanic (1997 Fox Baja Studios).

Here is what that looks like on the ground. On the ground, IATSE crews layer with STPC parallel forms. DGA directors layer with DGADUM. WGA writers reciprocate with SOGEM. Global principals. The list covers Salma Hayek, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Yalitza Aparicio (first Indigenous Mexican Best Actress Oscar nominee for Roma), Marina de Tavira, Adriana Barraza, Demián Bichir, Eugenio Derbez, Tenoch Huerta. Book through both registries. INM (Instituto Nacional de Migración) artist visas process non-resident performers. AMACC (Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas — Ariel Awards body since 1947) credentials senior union members.