Argentina

INCAA

Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales

National Film Institute · Buenos Aires

The national body that promotes and regulates Argentina's audiovisual industry — film subsidies, training, the incentive and Film Commission programmes — and runs the national film school ENERC. The top-level government agency relevant to all film labour, including stunt and action workers.

Buenos Aires Film Commission

City Film Commission · Buenos Aires

The City of Buenos Aires film commission — filming permits in public spaces (via BASET), a locations catalogue and professionals' guide, and the BA Cash Rebate for productions with international investment. The first contact for shooting action in the capital and a route to local stunt and SFX suppliers.

Argentina Film Commission

Red Argentina de Film Commissions

National Commission Network · Argentina

The national film-commission network promoting Argentina as a production destination, coordinating the provincial commissions and publishing an audiovisual directory of companies and professionals — useful for finding stunt and SFX providers beyond Buenos Aires. Works directly alongside INCAA.

SICA APMA

Sindicato de la Industria Cinematográfica Argentina

Film-Crew Union · Buenos Aires

The union for Argentina's film-industry technical and production workers (features, advertising, animation), publishing the official salary scales and the annual DEISICA statistics. Stunt coordinators, especialistas and SFX technicians fall within its crew membership — the most relevant crew union, as there is no separate stunt guild.

Asociación Argentina de Actores

Asociación Argentina de Actores y Actrices

Actors' Union · Buenos Aires

Founded 1919, the national actors' union covering theatre, film, TV, advertising and dubbing performers, with its own welfare arm. Action performers and stunt actors who work on camera as performers fall under its umbrella — the performers' counterpart to SICA's crew membership.

Efectistas

SFX & Stunt Coordination · Buenos Aires

Founded 2007, the most web-verifiable professional action house in Argentina — practical SFX, stunt coordination, camera cars, rigging and live-show effects. Credits for HBO, NBCUniversal, Netflix and Disney on titles such as El Marginal, Santa Evita, Maradona: Sueño Bendito and En el Barro. Named coordinators carry IMDb profiles.

FX Argentina (Cundom)

SFX & Stunt House · Buenos Aires

A long-running, family-owned SFX and stunt company founded by Tom Cúndom in 1984, now directed by Eduardo Cúndom (SFX supervisor and stunt coordinator). Special effects, stunt performers, camera cars / tracking vehicles, replica and blank-firing weapons, and vehicle rollovers and crashes. One of the country's oldest action providers and a common training ground for local stunt performers.

Piromania FX

SFX & Stunt (Pyro / Weapons) · Buenos Aires

Operating since 1998 and credited on 1,500+ productions, Piromania FX (Franco Burattini) covers weapons, impacts/squibs, explosions, fire/bonzo work, breakaway glass, flying rigs and weather effects, with ANMAC-accredited weapons instructors. A practical-effects and stunt-action specialist serving film, TV and advertising across Argentina and Paraguay.

DG Stunt Team (Luis Ko)

Dios Guerrero Producciones

Independent Stunt Team · Buenos Aires

A stunt team founded in 2012 by performer, coordinator and director Luis Ko (trained originally with FX Argentina). Credits include the Netflix series El Eternauta and Buenos Chicos. Social-only — the link goes to its YouTube channel; it also runs the Escuela Stunt Sudamérica training seminars.

ENERC

Escuela Nacional de Experimentación y Realización Cinematográfica

National Film School · Buenos Aires

Argentina's national, public and free film school (since 1965, under INCAA), with a metropolitan campus and five regional branches. Not stunt-specific, but the country's premier academic pathway into filmmaking and the training ground for the directors and crew who stage and commission action.

FX Argentina STUNT Academy

Stunt Training · Tigre, Buenos Aires

The training and capacity-building arm of FX Argentina (see Stunt Teams), based in Tigre, training stunt doubles and action performers. The most directly stunt-focused training route attached to an established professional house. Social-only — the link goes to its Facebook page.

Academia Ficción Stunt

Stunt & Action Academy · Lanús, Buenos Aires

Founded 2016 by Rodolfo Ledesma and Facundo Muñizaga, combining a taekwondo background with cinema — teaching the movements for combat scenes, action and acrobatics (strikes, falls, weapon handling, choreography) and producing short films. A genuine grassroots stunt school; social-only, link goes to Facebook.