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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. It is a tax credit for a range of production types and can equate to 31% of in-state spend.…
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. “Our province continues to be a top location…
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…
MDM announces first funding of 2009
Germany's Leipzig-based regional film fund Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM) has announced USD4.6 million worth of funds in its first funding session of 2009. The largest single amount, USD940,000, went to Philipp Stölzl's Goethe!. Funding has also gone to Eran Riklis' The…
Georgia plans tax incentives
The Georgian National Film Center (GNFC) has announced plans to introduce a tax incentive later this year. Speaking in Belgrade, Konstantin Chlaidze, the Director of the GNFC, said he was feeling very positive about the incentive as it has received…
Kofi Annan to speak at Cannes Lions
Kofi Annan and David Jones will join forces with Hervé de Clerck at this year's Cannes Lions to discuss the human face of climate change and the role that only the creative community can play in changing Climate Change to…
SAG reject last, best and final offer
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) board of directors have rejected the "last, best and final offer" by Hollywood producers for a new contract. The contract was rejected by 73% of SAG's board members. SAG called the Alliance of Motion Picture…
California passes tax incentive
The state of California has passed an incentives bill. 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 on July the…
The future is Bright for Pavla Burgetova
Pavla Burgetova, former Executive Producer and General Manager at Stillking Films, has joined US-based production service company Bright Pictures. Bright Pictures was founded in 1993 by Rudy Callegari and has main offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami. The…
Screen Production Incentive Fund Grant available in New Zealand
Information for New Zealand's Screen Production Incentive Fund Grant has been added to our Benefits & Incentives site today. It is available to eligible New Zealand feature film, television and other format screen productions that have significant New Zealand content.…