AUSTRALIA FILMING INCENTIVES

Northern Territory

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 spend
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
  • - Use Local cast & Crew
When will the benefit/incentive be received?
  • - On commencement of principal photography
Additional incentives or advantages
  • - Rece tour assistance, location finding service
  • - The Northern Territory Film Office also provides incoming productions with a locations and logistics service. This includes acting as a local liaison in all filming matters and with finding crew. Large scale productions may be provided with financial assistance - they are assessed on a case by case basis.

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