DENMARK FILMING INCENTIVES

West Danish Film Fund

Overview

Type of incentiveFilm Fund
Qualifying formats
  • - Feature film - fiction (theatrical)
  • - Feature film - documentary (theatrical)
  • - TV Film or TV series - fiction
  • - TV Film or TV series - documentary
  • - Video/online gaming production
Qualifying productions
  • - National productions
  • - Co-productions

Specifics

Benefit as a % of spend
Financial cap per production
Do I have to register/set up a company?Yes
Does foreign cast/crew paid in their home country/region qualify as expenditure? No
Do foreign cast/crew have to pay tax in the host country/state/region? Yes
Does travel to/from country/region qualify as expenditure? No
Can a production qualify for other national incentives such as cultural programmes if it qualifies for this incentive? No
Criteria to access the benefit
  • - Use Local cast & Crew
  • - Cultural Test
When will the benefit/incentive be received?
  • - On submission of audited accounts
Additional incentives or advantages
  • - The West Danish Film Fund invests up to 15% of production costs in a broad range of film and new media projects. Support is given to films about, and by, people in western Denmark. Film crews from outside the region may also be granted support for projects that have a close connection with the area. Financial support is provided in the form of subsidies and/or investments. Support currently ranges from about € 30,000 to € 300,000.

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