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Cannes Film Festival 2017: Ruben Östlund’s The Square surprises with Palme d’Or win
Despite pundits predicting success for Robin Campillo’s 120 Beats per Minute, Ruben Östlund’s satirical-drama, The Square, has emerged as the winner of this year’s Palme d’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival. With a budget of USD5.5 million and a…
Intrigo: Death of an Author named as first film to access Slovenia’s cash rebate incentive
Intrigo: Death of an Author, the first entry in a planned trilogy of feature films is the first production to access Slovenia’s newly implemented cash rebate incentive. With a dedicated fund of EUR1 million, applications for the first round of…
Cannes Film Festival 2017: Washington hosts Twin Peaks after 25 year gap
The eagerly awaited revival of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks premiered on Sunday at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, marking the Director’s first entry in the franchise since the 1992 feature film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. The original series used…
Channel 4’s We’re the Superhumans named Commercial of the Year at The British Arrows 2017
Blink Productions’ critically acclaimed We’re the Superhumans has scooped the Commercial of the Year award at The British Arrows 2017. Directed by Dougal Wilson and released in the run up to the Rio 2016 Paralympics, the spot features over 140…
Family Film joins The Location Beach Lounge at Cannes Lions 2017
Family Film has joined forces with The Location Guide to bring you this year’s Beach Lounge at the Cannes Lions Festival. Operating in Romania and Hungary as both a production and production service company, Family Film has years of experience…
A Producer’s Survival Guide to India - Part 4: Budgeting
India is an astounding, ever-changing, chaotic melting pot of ideas, religions, landscapes and history that contribute to its mind-boggling diversity. Perhaps this is why so many creative minds have been attracted to the sub-continent over the years? It’s impossible to…
The APA joins The Location Beach Lounge at Cannes Lions 2017
The Advertising Producers Association (APA) has partnered with The Location Guide to bring you this year’s Beach Lounge at the 2017 Cannes Lions Festival. The APA is the leading representative body for advertising production professionals working throughout the UK. From…
1.4 joins The Location Beach Lounge at Cannes Lions 2017
The Location Guide is proud to announce that 1.4, the online magazine for cutting edge filmmakers, will be a new partner at this year’s Beach Lounge at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. 1.4 provides editorial coverage of the very…
Cannes Film Festival 2017: How to Talk to Girls at Parties shot 70s sci-fi entirely in the UK
John Cameron Mitchell’s period sci-fi feature, How to Talk to Girls at Parties will screen this Sunday as part of the ‘Out of Competition’ selection at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Shot entirely within the UK, the film’s locations include…
Craftworks: The secrets of Land Rover’s latest spot and how to make advertising funny again
Designed to “take the self-loathing out of advertising”, Craftworks is a unique event hosted by David Reviews and the Advertising Producers Association. Each event highlights and celebrates the very best examples of craftsmanship from all areas of the creative/production industries.…
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A Grand Elephant Production
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Thailand
Covering: Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Nepal, IndonesiaAlbuquerque Film Office
Category: Film Commissions
Country: United States of America
Location Experience: AlbuquerqueA New Life Films
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: China
Covering: China, TaiwanPict-Inc
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Japan
Covering: JapanJaid Creative Productions
Category: Production Service Companies
Country: Japan
Covering: Japan, AsiaOklahoma Film & Music Office
Category: Film Commissions
Country: United States of America
Location Experience: OklahomaFox Studios Australia
Category: Studios
Country: AustraliaMinnesota Film & TV
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Country: United States of America
Location Experience: MinnesotaFilm Commission Norway
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Country: Norway
Location Experience: NorwayMontana Film Office
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Incentives (107)
The Maryland Film Production Rebate Grant
Additionally, Maryland offers an exemption from its 6% sales tax for purchases and rentals used in the production of the film. Qualified productions can receive a Maryland state sales tax exemption. A television series may receive a credit of up…
Idaho: No formal incentives
Idaho has a rebate of the 6% sales tax on tangible personal property (which excludes consumables such as food) when $200,000 is spent on a wide variety of qualifying expenses. Production personnel who are staying 30 days or more in…
The Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act
Sales Tax Exemption. 20% across the board, transferable flat tax credit with a minimum of $500,000 spent on qualified production and post production expenditures within Georgia Additional 10% tax credit if a production company includes an imbedded Georgia promotional logo…
Florida Entertainment Industry Sales Tax Exemption
Connecticut Digital Media & Motion Picture Tax Credit
Sales tax is exempt for certain materials and equipment purchased or leased for use in creating audio or video productions. The 12% hotel occupancy tax is waived for stays over 30 consecutive days PLEASE NOTE: Feature films are suspended for…
Los Angeles Incentives
The City of Los Angeles will provide, free use of any available, city-owned locations for filming. Entertainment Production Tax Cap: Tax liability is $145 for the first $5 million in production cost plus $1.30 for each additional $1,000 or fractional…
California Film and TV Tax Credits
Projects eligible for a 20% tax credit (feature films, TV pilots, movies of the week, miniseries) may receive an additional 5% credit for the following expenditures: Out-of-zone filming, Music Scoring and music track recording by musicians, Visual Effects - To…
Arkansas: Refundable Tax Credit
Additional 10% for resident Arkansas crew, bringing the rebate for resident crew to 30%. The salaries of cast or crew who receive more than $500,000 will not qualify. Cash payments to vendors must not exceed 40% of verified costs. Projects…
Alabama: Entertainment Industry Incentive Act
Payroll tax rebate of 35% paid to Alabama residents. Exemptions to amounts of Production Expenditures required for incentives: - Soundtracks: A Qualified Production Company must incur total Production Expenditures of at least $50,000, but no Rebate shall be available for…
South Australia: The Payroll Tax Exemption
Any monies due to the production company will occur as part of the process of the production company’s lodgement of its tax return for the financial year in question. Australia’s tax year ends on 30th June. There are no national…