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Locarno Film Festival concludes with awe-worthy winners
Ali Ahmadzadeh’s Critical Zone (Mantagheye bohrani) has come out with the top prize at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, winning the Golden Leopard for best film. Shot in secret, the Tehran filmed sci-fi feature is an Iranian-German co-production following a…
Film Lauderdale launches USD 10 million fund incentive
Local Florida based film commission Film Lauderdale announced the launch of their new Special Projects Incentive programme. With USD 10 million injected into the performance based programme, the hope is to attract more high profile feature film and television series…
Bristol’s The Bottle Yard to welcome new Disney+ series rivals
The casting for Disney+ much anticipated 8-part series Rivals, based on the much loved novel by Jilly Cooper, was announced on 21 March. Set against the backdrop of 1980’s England, the series will feature the same drama and success of…
The Inspiration Tour brings international showrunners to Côte d’Azur
From 20 to 23 September, a roster of global guests gathered on the Côte d’Azur for an “inspiration tour”, to discover the wonders of the county, from lanscapes to talent. With representatives from the USA, Israel and nations across Europe,…
Palm Beach announces new film commissioner
The Palm Beach county film and Television commission announced Michelle Hillery as the new film commissioner. Announced by the board of directors on 3 October 2022, the former deputy commissioner will be taking over from Chuck Elderd who held the…
Local Los Angeles productions stabilise above pre-pandemic figures
FilmLA announced their production report for the second quarter of the year on 20 July 2022. The partner film office for the city and county of Los Angeles recorded 9220 shoot days (SD) for the quarterly period of the year.…
Filmmaking in AlUla: a conversation with film commissioner Stephen Strachan and Norah producer Paul Miller
We caught up with Stephen Strachan, film commissioner at Film AlUla, and Paul Miller, producer of upcoming feature film Norah. The pair discussed filming in Saudi Arabia's AlUla area, exploring the filming locations, incentive schemes, and filmmaking resources that the…
Nominations revealed for the 9th Annual LMGI Awards
The Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) has unveiled nominations for the 9th Annual LMGI Awards. This ceremony honours outstanding and creative visual contributions of international location professionals who work in film, television and the commercial industry. The winners will be celebrated at the LMGI Awards…
Florida’s Broward County updates production incentives scheme
Broward County has updated its production incentives scheme. Each project’s eligibility will now be determined on a case-by-case basis. Rebates are issued once a project is completed and can provide proof that the necessary requirements have been satisfied. A certain…
Entries now open for makers & shakers Awards 2022!
The Location Guide, makers magazine and the FOCUS show are calling for entries to the makers & shakers Awards 2022. Launched at BAFTA in December 2019, the ceremony celebrates excellence in global production. The incoming makers & shakers Awards takes place on 7th December…
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Film AlUla
Category: Film Commissions
Country: Saudi ArabiaSurrey Film Office
Category: Film Offices
Country: United KingdomGreater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Film Commission
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Country: United States of AmericaPalm Beach County Film & Television Commission
Category: Film Commissions
Country: United States of America
Covering: Palm Beach County, Florida.Monterey County Film Commission
Category: Film Commissions
Country: United States of America
Location Experience: Monterey County, CaliforniaHouston Film Commission
Category: Film Commissions
Country: United States of America
Location Experience: TexasIndian River County
Category: Film Commissions
Country: United States of AmericaMarin County Film Resource Office
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Country: United States of AmericaHumboldt-Del Norte Film Commission
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Country: United States of AmericaMoab To Monument Valley Film Commission
Category: Film Commissions
Country: United States of America
Covering: Grand County, Utah; San Juan County, Utah
Incentives (9)
Savannah Entertainment Production Incentive
Feature films and TV pilots must have a minimum budget of USD2 million, a minimum qualified spend of 500,000USD in Chatham County and 50% of shooting days within 60 miles of City Hall of Savannah. There is a financial cap…
MEDIA Tax Credit
The 20% transferable income tax credit on production expenditures in the state with additional amounts that can increase the credit up to 35% of the production company's base investment in the tax year. There include • 25% of compensation for…
Viru Film Fund
The Viru Film Fund provides cash rebate of up to 40% of your production costs for local production in Viru region, in the Eastern region of Estonia. There is an annual budget of EUR200,000 for co-funding feature films, documentaries, TV…
St Louis County Film Production Incentive
St. Louis County will utilise a scoring system and/or first-come-first serve basis to evaluate each application.
Miami-Dade County Production Incentive Programme
Productions are required to spend a minimum of USD1 million locally to access the grant. In terms of hiring local labour, the following are required: one local student/graduate, 50 local members of cast and crew.
Spain: Domestic Tax Credits
When filming throughout spain, a 30% tax credit is available if at least 50% of a production's deduction base is spent locally. The incentive changes to 25% after the first EUR1 million spend. The tax credit increases for productions that…
The Tennessee Film & Television Production Incentive
Hotel Occupancy Tax After staying 30 continuous days at a hotel, production staff and crews may qualify for a rebate of all previously paid Hotel Occupancy Taxes. From then on out, you are no longer charged this tax. This tax…
New Jersey Film & Digital Media Tax Credit Program
Qualified production companies can receive a transferable tax credit equal to 30% (35% in the following municipalities: Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, or Salem County) of qualified production expensesOn any individual project, provided the production company meets…
USA Nevada: 15% Transferable Credits
Transferable Tax Credit: - 15% of the cumulative qualified production costs - 12% on wages, salaries, and fringe benefits to non-resident ATL personnel - 8% on wages, salaries and fringes for non-resident BTL personnel through December 31, 2016 (reduced to…