KYRGYZSTAN FILMING INCENTIVES

Kyrgyzstan: 20% Cash Rebate

Overview

Type of incentiveCash Rebate
Qualifying formats
  • - Feature film - fiction (theatrical)
  • - Feature film - documentary (theatrical)
  • - TV Film or TV series - fiction
  • - TV Film or TV series - documentary
  • - Commercials (TV, theatrical, online)
  • - Short films
  • - Reality TV
Qualifying productions
  • - Foreign productions

Specifics

Benefit as a % of spend20.00
Financial cap per production-
Do I have to register/set up a company?No
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? No
Does travel to/from country/region qualify as expenditure? Yes
Can a production qualify for other national incentives such as cultural programmes if it qualifies for this incentive? No
Criteria to access the benefit
  • - Minimum shooting days: 5
  • - Minimum percentage of the film that must be shot in the region: 0.00%
  • - Use Local cast & Crew
When will the benefit/incentive be received?
  • - End of national fiscal year
Additional incentives or advantages
  • - Free use of buidings/facilities/services within jurisdiction
  • - This is a privately funded incentive programme. The required spend/shoot days varies between production types: feature film – USD300,000 or 14 days of filming, documentary – USD50,000 and 4 days of filming,television series – USD71,500 and 5 days of filming, commercial – USD100,000 and 5 days of filming, short film – USD71,500 and 7 days of filming, reality show – USD157,000 and 7 days of filming

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