California launches new filming tax incentives
The new legislation provides a tax credit of 20% (25% for independent features under USD10 million), with an appropriation of USD100 million per year for five years starting
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USAID launches new Serbian website
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a new website to promote Serbia to the international filmmaking community.
PIFF receives increased funding
The Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) will receive extra government funding to secure its future in difficult economic times. Funding will increase from USD3.26 million last year to USD4.47 million this year.
BossaNovaFilms' Willy Biondani directs Brazilian docudrama
Willy Biondani, who is currently on the BossaNovaFilms roster, has directed the docudrama Sertão Veredas. The docudrama was inspired by Guimarães Rosa's Grande Sertão Veredas, one of the 20th century's greatest literature works.
US feature confirmed for Ireland
The US feature film Leap Year has been green lit to go into production in Ireland at the end of this month. The project was confirmed for Ireland after improvements to the Irish tax incentive for film and television, Section 481, were introduced late last year by Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen and production has been green lit after the legislation was ratified by the European Commission this week.
West Virginia offers tax credit of up to 31%
Information for the state of West Virginia's Film Industry Investment act has been added to our Benefits & Incentives site today.
Business is booming in BC
Motion picture production spending in British Columbia in 2008 was CAD1.2 billion, an increase of more than CAD250 million over 2007, Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts Bill Bennett announced yesterday.
UK cinema admissions highest in 40 years
The Film Distributors' Association have said that admissions rose 1.1% to 164.2 million in 2008 with box office takings up 3.7% to GBP854.4 million. This has been largely attributed to the success of such films as Mamma Mia and The Dark Knight and other big budget franchises like Indiana Jones and James Bond.