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Are you familiar with the concept of sustainable development? To grow, but without destroying; to move forward, but in harmony – that is the essence of Banana Films. We believe in people, in each unique personality, in what every one of us can give. Our philosophy of the diverse a cohesive whole is possible. Our greatest gift is respect for what each one of us is –beings complementing each other, moving forward together, because the secret is to keep growing; respect for the world, for the environment.

We are a group of individuals who There is no

such thing as absolute truth – we build it together. To take the time to listen, with acceptance and free of prejudice, is a fundamental in our house.

Costa Rica and Argentina makes Banana Films a unique company.

Costa Rica is a wonderful and natural

headquatters for the Caribbean and Central America locations. On the other hand, Argentina is world known for it’s creativity, great talent, world class

crews and advanced technological

Buenos Aires, we have extended the Argentinean border by creating strong links with Chile and Uruguay. What makes us different from other production companies in Latin

a script and we’ll suggest the best loca-tion for it. Banana Films has more than 20 years of experience and the capacity of saying “whatever you want, where-ver you want” such as equipment, crews or talent. Despite the distances, our two

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María Jordà Banana Films Founder

www.bananafilms.com / [email protected]

Country FactsArea: 51.100 Km2Population: 4.57 million (2010)

Currency: Colon

Costa Rica is a Central American country, its territory covers a total area of 51,100 km² and is located within the geographic coordinates 8° and 11° north latitude 82° and 85° west longitude.

Nicaragua is bordered to the north and south by Panama, east by the


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Costa Rica has a diverse climate and varied, which is governed by the two precipitation regimes

and orientation of the mountains along with the prevailing winds and

a tropical country, with the presence

from December to April and a rainy

(with the months of May and November of transition), with a special exception in the Caribbean region that has its own microclimate.

Below are annual trends in precipi-tation, temperature and sunshine.

Weather


Note: This map shows the annual number of days with average rainfall of the country, this average will be adjusted to the wet and dry seasons in each region respectively, meaning no real annual parameter, but average between both stations.

Average annual rainfall

Annual rainy days


Note: This map shows the temperature (degrees Celsius) annual average, which shows the warmer areas and zones with lower temperatures in the country.

Average Annual Temperature

Temperature ° C


Being Costa Rica a country that has two distinct seasons, the average annual hours of light per day is maintained uniformly throughout the year. This is not the privilege to have approximately 12 hours of sunlight a day on average.

Note: This map shows the average sunshine in a palette of colors, Yellow represents the most sunny sites and shades of gray to places with less sunshine.

Average annual sunlightwww.bananafilms.com / [email protected]

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Environmental

With only 0.03% of the planet’s... surface Costa Rica is the world’s

of all biodiversity.

Making it an idyllic setting with a variety of landscapes and microclimates ranging from those located in its

wilderness landscapes located on 3.000 meters altitude.

All interactions of its geographical, atmospheric and ocean, are the criteria referred to in various regions that are in this amazing tropical isthmus.

Regions & Microclimate


Dry Season Rainy season

Dedember- April May - November

extensive coastal areas, which is located northwest of the country. It is a great diversity of ecosystems with representations of Caribbean

through cloud forests, dry, mangroves and savannas. All of these scenarios included in heights from 1000 m to

Ocean.

Agricultural cropsGrasslandRiceCottonBeansCorn

Attractions4x4 explorationCanopy tourCanyoningCavingHorseback ridingMountain bikingParasailing

North Pacific Region




It is a region with outstanding undulating volcanic soils and is

slope.

It has attractive beaches are decorated with tropical transition of tropical dry forest to tropical rainforest, it can be seen marshes, mangroves, lagoons and waterfalls.

Agricultural cropsPineappleMelon

RiceBeansCorn

Attractions4x4 explorationCanopy tourCanyoning

Mountain bikingMangrove

Central Pacific Region




This region is a representative sample of the ecological wealth of the country, it is located in the

one of the richest biological areas in Latin America.

forests, sandy beaches, cliffs, reefs and wetland ecosystems.

Agricultural cropsTropical FruitsOil palmCornBeansCottonPineapple

Attractions4x4 exploration

Whale watchingDolphin watching

South Pacific Region



Central Region


Located in the center of the country and has a great diversity ranging from tropical rainforests to pre montane forest.

It presents an irregular topography where housing seven volcanic massifs, with scenarios ranging

meters to 3.432 meters over sea level.

Agricultural cropsCafe

TomatoOnionPopeLemonOrangeOrnamentalAppleVegetables

Attractions4x4 exploration

Camping

Mountain bikingGolf

Central Region



Nothern Region

January - April May - January

It is a region with a vast expanse of plains, located north of the country.

It features tropical rainforests to

through mountainous representations where you can see active and inactive volcanic sources and the extensive wetlands that bathing part of the plains.

Agricultural cropsRiceBeansPalmettoBananaTubersGrassland

PineappleCocoaOrangeLemon

Attractions4x4 explorationKayakingCampingFishingHorseback ridingRaftingCanopy Mountain bikingCavingHiking

Nothern Region



February - March November - January

Caribbean Region

September - October Abril - August

The region is home to the richest and most extensive ecosystems of Central America who are from the Caribbean sea level up to 3.820 high. It is situated in the east and northwest, extending throughout the Caribbean coast, which has a rich and exuberant vegetation, where you can see coral reefs and tropical rainforests.

Agricultural cropsBanana

PineappleCocoaTropical Fruits

Attractions4x4 explorationBird watching

Mountain biking

Turtle nesting KayakingRafting

CampingCanopy Yoga

Caribbean Region


Human Factor

Costa Rica has specialized talent and economic audiovisual production, with extensive experience in local and regional advertising industry, and at the same time gained over his career providing support to

Making the country the most expe-rienced in the entire Central American region.

Talent in Costa Rica


Costa Rica’s population is a melting pot, as this is the result of generations of immigrants from different geographical latitudes and mixing with indigenous, native, Afro-Costa Rican and Afro-mestizos who inhabited the country for Cologne .

Of this population 77% is fair-skinned mestizos and mulattos make up 17%, Afro-Costa Rica 4%, 1% Asians and Native Americans 1%. Thus forming a very diverse range of ethnic nuances, which allows casting of great wealth.

Costa Rican Ethnography


The Directorate General of Immigration sets different guidelines for admission to non-residents, which will require a visa and will stay on as its source, through established groups that are presented below.

FIRST GROUP It permits the entry of nationals of these countries without consular visa, with a maximum stay of up to 90 calendar days.

GERMANYLITHUANIAANDORRALUXEMBOURGARGENTINAMALTAAUSTRALIAMEXICOAUSTRIABAHAMAS

BARBADOSMONTENEGROBELGIUMNORWAYBRAZILNEW ZEALANDBULGARIAHOLLANDCANADAPANAMACROATIAPARAGUAYCHILEPOLANDMONACOSLOVAKIASAN MARINOSLOVENIAPUERTO RICOSPAINSERBIASOUTH AFRICAESTONIAUNITED KINGDOMFINLANDIRELANDFRANCECZECH REPUBLIC

HUNGARYSOUTH KOREAIRELANDGREECEICELANDROMANIACYPRUSPORTUGALDENMARKISRAELITALYSINGAPOREJAPANSWEDENLATVIASWITZERLANDLIECHTENSTEIN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGOLITHUANIAUNITED STATES OF AMERICAURUGUAYLUXEMBOURG

SECOND GROUPPermission to enter the country without consular visa maxi-mum stay of up to 30 days for nationals of these countries.

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDABELIZEMICRONESIABOLIVIANAURUDOMINICAPALAUEL SALVADOR KINGDOM OF TONGAPHILIPPINESSAMOAFIJISAINT KITTS AND NEVISGRANADAGUATEMALASANTA LUCIAGUYANAHONDURAS

KIRIBATIVANUATU

As I can enter Costa Rica...


THIRD GROUP Visa entry clearance Consular and maximum stay of up to 30 calendar days.

ALBANIAMALAYSIAANGOLAMALAWISAUDI ARABIAMALIALGERIAMOROCCOARMENIAMAURITANIAAZERBAIJANMOLDOVABAHRAINMONGOLIABENINMOZAMBIQUEBELARUSNAMIBIABOSNIA AND HERZEGOVI-NANEPALBOTSWANANICARAGUABRUNEI-DARRUSALNIGERBURKINA FASO

NIGERIABURUNDI OMANBHUTANPAKISTANPAPUA CAPE VERDENEW GUINEACAMBODIAPERUCAMEROONQATARCOLOMBIAARAB SAHARANAFRICAN REPUBLICCOMOROSREPUBLIC OF MACEDONIAREPUBLIC OF CONGOECUADORREPUBLIC OF EGYPTREPUBLIC LAOSUNITED ARAB EMIRATESDOMINICAN REPUBLICRUSSIAN FEDERATIONRWANDAGABONSENEGALGAMBIASIERRA LEONEGEORGIASUDANGHANASWAZILANDIAGUINEA

THAILANDGUINEA BISSAUTAIWANGUINEA EQUATORIANATANZANIAINDIATAJIKISTANINDONESIAJORDANTOGOKAZAKHSTANTUNISIAKENYATURKMENISTANKIRQUIZISTÁNUKRAINEKOSOVOUGANDAKUWAITUZBEKISTANVIETNAM LESOTHOYEMEN LIBERIADJIBOUTI LIBYALEBANON ZAMBIAZIMBABWEMADACASCAR

Note: Nationals of countries located in the third group will request the consular visa in

their country of origin.

GROUP FOUR -

sulted with the Director Ge-neral of Immigration, who shall submit to the comission restricted visas, with a stay of up to 30 days.

AFGHANISTANJAMAICABANGLADESHPALESTINE CUBAERITREAARAB REPUBLICSYRIAETHIOPIAREP OF CHINAHAITINORTH KOREASOMALIA IRANSRI LANKA IRAQ

Countries that are not men-tioned in any of these groups will be conditional admission to the guidelines of the fourth group. For more information can enter the site of the Directo-rate General of Immigration:

http://www.migracion.go.cr/


Available Airlines


Costa Rica has an extensive banking network of institutions, both national and foreign-owned entities,

the whole country. All these banks are intermediaries in the exchange market and are able to trade foreign exchange earnings to the country.

Which are interconnected to the credit card network in the world, facilitating the management of resources in a secure, electronic way.

Note: For added security of the effectiveness of your cards, please inquire in the same issuer and inform them of the output of the same and the destinations where it will be used.

http://www.scotiabankcr.com/

http://www.citibank.com/

http://www.bancobcr.com/

http://usa.visa.com/

http://www.mastercard.com/

https://www.americanexpress.com/

Banking System in Costa Rica


The power company network is distributed in 98% of the country

reaching the most remote areas. http://www.dhl.co.cr/

http://www.fedex.com/

http://www.tacacargo.com/

http://www.ups.com/

http://www.westernunion.com/

http://www.ins-cr.com/

http://www.mapfre.com/

www.grupoice.com/

www.grupoice.com/ www.cabletica.com/

www.movistar.com/ www.claro.com.ar/

http://www.assanet.com/

Energy and Telecommunications

Insurance Companies

Courier Companies


ARENAL KIORO SUITES & SPA http://www.hotelarenalkioro.com/

FOUR SEASONS RESORT COSTA RICA http://www.fourseasons.com/

GAIA HOTEL & RESERVE http://www.gaiahr.com/

HOLIDAY INN SAN JOSE AUROLA HOTELhttp://www.aurolahotels.com/en/index.php

HOTEL PUNTA ISLITAhttp://www.hotelpuntaislita.com/

BARCELO LANGOSTA BEACH HOTELhttp://www.barcelo.com

BARCELO SAN JOSE PALACIO HOTELhttp://www.barcelo.com/

CROWNE PLAZA COROBICI http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/crowneplaza/

HILTON PAPAGAYO RESORT http://www.hiltonpapagayoresort.com/

RADISSON EUROPA HOTELhttp://www.radisson.com/

TABACON GRAND SPA THERMAL RESORT http://www.tabacon.com/

HACIENDA PINILLA - HOTEL LA POSADA http://www.haciendapinilla.com/

LOS SUEÑOS MARRIOTT http://www.marriott.com/

VILLA CALETAS - HOTEL http://www.villacaletas.com/

BARCELO TAMBOR BEACH HOTEL http://www.barcelo.com/

BOSQUE NUBOSO ALBERGUE http://www.cloudforestlodge.com/

COSTA RICA MARRIOTT - HOTEL http://www.marriott.com/

DOUBLETREE CARIARI http://doubletree1.hilton.com/

HOLIDAY INN SAN JOSE-ESCAZU HOTEL http://www.holidayinn.com/

INDIGO SAN JOSE FORUM COSTA RICA http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/

JW MARRIOTT GUANACASTEhttp://www.marriott.com/default.mi

LA CONDESA HOTELhttp://www.hotellacondesa.com/

MARTINO SPA AND RESORT HOTEL http://www.hotelmartino.com/ OCCIDENTAL GRAND PAPAGAYO HOTELhttp://es.occidentalhotels.com/occidental/

WESTIN PLAYA CONCHAL http://cities.starwoodhotels.com/

QUALITY HOTEL REAL SAN JOSE http://www.realhotelsandresorts.com/

REAL INTERCONTINENTAL http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/

RIU HOTEL http://www.riu.com/es/home.jsp

ROYAL CORIN HOTEL http://www.royalcorin.com/ LA MANSION INN BOUTIQUE HOTEL http://www.lamansioninn.com/

Hotels


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