Irene Gardiner: NZ Screen Producers Guild President on proposed tweaks to current Screen Production Grant
Some good news has come for the screen production industry with the Government proposing a tweak to the current Screen Production Grant, starting with a name change to the Screen Production Rebate.
The say the rebate will be made simpler, more competitive and easier to access.
This includes the post-production, digital and visual rebate returning to a flat rate of 20 per cent, and the qualifying expenditure threshold for the post-production, digital and visual effects rebate dropping from $500,000 to $250,000, enabling smaller productions to also benefit.
NZ Screen Producers Guild President…
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