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Location Incentives

The New South Wales Government has established several initiatives to attract film and television production to New South Wales.

NSW REGIONAL FILMING FUND (RFF)
The NSW Regional Filming Fund (RFF) provides grants for filmmakers wishing to film for a week or more in regional New South Wales. Assistance will be considered for amounts up to 50% of the budgeted costs of filming in regional NSW, up to $100,000 per production. The fund is only available to qualified Australian productions and productions that have the majority of their spend in New South Wales.
Go to the Regional Filming Fund section of the NSW FTO website http://www.fto.nsw.gov.au/fund.asp?id=49 to find out more information and to download guidelines and application forms.

FILM & TV INDUSTRY ATTRACTION FUND
The New South Wales Government has created an incentive fund for "Footloose" productions that are interested in filming in New South Wales. The fund, known as the Film & TV Industry Attraction Fund, aims to increase NSW market share in film and television production. Go to the Film & TV Industry Attraction Fund section of the NSW FTO website http://filming.fto.nsw.gov.au/content.asp?content=8&Id=29 to find out more and to download guidelines and application forms.

FEDERAL INCENTIVE: NOW 15% & INCLUDES POST, DIGITAL & VFX PRODUCTION (PDV)

Australia's Federal and State/Territory Governments offer a range of incentives to attract overseas-originated screen content to produce and/or conduct Post, Digital and VFX production (PDV) in Australia.

For a detailed description and eligibility criteria of the various Federal and State/Territory schemes, download the
Ausfilm Factsheet: Australian Screen Production Incentives

The Australian Screen Production Incentive has three mutually-exclusive strands: the Location Offset; the Post, Digital and Visual effects (PDV) production Offset and the; Producer Offset.

The Location and PDV Offsets apply no nationality or cultural tests - although there are other criteria for eligibility (see Ausfilm Factsheet: Australian Screen Production Incentives, while the Producer Offset is exclusively for productions with Significant Australian Content (SAC) or official co-productions.

The Location and PDV Offsets are administered by the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA), while the Producer Offset is currently administered by theFilm Finance Corporation of Australia (FFC), and then Screen Australia after 1st July 2008.

For more details on the Australian Screen Production Incentive - Location, PDV and Producer Offset, visit:

• DEWHA Factsheet: Location and PDV Offset
• DEWHA Website

NSW PROGRAMS OF ASSISTANCE
FTO has a number of programs of assistance to support and encourage film, television and digital media production and practitioners in NSW. Contact FTO www.fto.nsw.gov.au for more information on the following programs:
• Aurora Script Workshop
• Development Assistance
• Digital Visual FX Scheme
• Industry and Audience Development
• Loan Facilities
• New Feature Film Writers Schemes
• Regional Cinema Program
• Young Film Makers Fund

CO PRODUCTION INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE
http://filming.fto.nsw.gov.au/content.asp?content=9
Australia has official co-production treaty arrangements with the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Germany and Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with New Zealand and France. They are administered in Australia by theAustralian Film Commission (AFC). www.afc.gov.au

AUSTRALIAN FUNDING PROGRAMS
Additional information on available funding programs can be found at:

http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/

Screen Australia is a newly established Australian Government agency operating under the Screen Australia Act 2008 (Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts).

Screen Australia commenced operation on 1 July 2008, bringing together the functions of the Film Finance Corporation Australia (FFC) and Film Australia Limited, as well as most of the functions of the Australian Film Commission (AFC).

The National Film and Sound Archive, previously part of the AFC, has been established as a separate statutory authority. See www.nfsa.gov.au