GERMANY FILMING INCENTIVES

Nordmedia 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
Qualifying productions
  • - National productions
  • - Co-productions

Specifics

Benefit as a % of spend50.00
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? Yes
Criteria to access the benefit
  • - Use Local cast & Crew
When will the benefit/incentive be received?
  • - On submission of audited accounts
Additional incentives or advantages
  • - Rece tour assistance, location finding service
  • - Funds may be granted to producers of up to 50% (up to 80% in special cases) of the budget. Repaid funds are available as success loans to the producer upon application. In justified exceptional cases funds may be granted for post-production or digitalisation work. Grants are recouped on release.

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