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Japan’s Visual Industry Promotion Organization (VIPO) and Japan Film Commission have announced details of a new incentives program for offshore film and TV productions shooting in the country. …
National Cinema Day 2023 Draws 8.5M Admissions, +5% Over 2022 After 'Gran Turismo' & 'Barbie' Drag-Out Fight - Update Qualifying spend includes direct expenses related to film production in Japan, including payments to Japanese corporations, individuals, local governments and public organizations.
However, some costs are not included in qualifying spend, such as the cost of location scouting in Japan. Applications, which open this month, need to be submitted by a Japanese production company and fulfil one of the two following requirements: Direct production costs in Japan exceed JPY500M OR total production costs exceed JPY1BN and direct production costs in Japan exceed JPY200M . Projects are scheduled to be released, screened, broadcast or distributed in more than ten countries, and their direct production costs in Japan exceed JPY200M . However, even projects that don’t fulfil these requirements will be considered if they “greatly benefit the Japanese economy and the domestic film industry”. Projects applying for the incentive must also prove some benefit to Japan’s domestic contents industry; guarantee to shoot some scenes in Japan; cooperate to promote the location where the filming took place, and have some promotional value for Japan as a country. The scheme follows a pilot program operated by Japan since 2019, which was accessed by productions including
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