SOUTH KOREA FILMING INCENTIVES

Seoul - Location Scouting-Support

Overview

Type of incentive
Qualifying formats
  • - Feature film - fiction (theatrical)
  • - Feature film - documentary (theatrical)
  • - TV Film or TV series - fiction
  • - TV Film or TV series - documentary
Qualifying productions
  • - Foreign productions
  • - Co-productions

Specifics

Benefit as a % of spend0.00
Financial cap per production-
Do I have to register/set up a company?
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? 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
    When will the benefit/incentive be received?
      Additional incentives or advantages
      • - Rece tour assistance, location finding service
      • - Provides the cost of Seoul location scouting for directors, assistant directors, producers, cinematographers or location managers of international projects planning to shoot in Seoul. The support includes: •Round-trip airline tickets for up to two people •Accommodation costs •Domestic location coordinator

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