ESTONIA FILMING INCENTIVES

Viru 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
  • - Music videos
Qualifying productions
  • - National productions
  • - Co-productions

Specifics

Benefit as a % of spend40.00
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? 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 percentage of the film that must be shot in the region: 0.00%
When will the benefit/incentive be received?
    Additional incentives or advantages
    • - 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 series and music videos in Ida-Viru County.

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