AUSTRALIA Great opportunities, fresh exciting talent and a solid base for partnerships

Australia makes a rewarding Why work with an Australian co-production partner. Working with production partner? Official co-productions can utilise the Producer Offset. and in Australia you can draw on Film and TV made under Australia’s official co-production some of the world’s best actors, arrangements are automatically regarded as Australian, directors and crews. Your Australian and therefore eligible for the Producer Offset, providing they meet other criteria too. co-producer will also benefit from a Australia has co-production arrangements with Canada, China, certain, secure, national and legislated France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, New Zealand, rebate on eligible spend. Singapore, South Africa and the UK. Screen Australia Some of the world’s most recognisable faces are Australian – Hugh Jackman (The Wolverine), Nicole Kidman (Australia), Screen Australia is the Australian Government’s film and TV Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine), Russell Crowe (Gladiator, funding agency. We support the development and production A Beautiful Mind), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Liam Hemsworth of high-quality, innovative and commercially attractive projects (The Hunger Games), Sam Worthington (Avatar) and Geoffrey designed with audiences in mind. We conduct research, Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean). assist the development of local screen culture, and market Australian talent and screen content domestically and Our films range from innovative low-budget features to internationally. Screen Australia also administers the Producer blockbusters backed by Hollywood finance but made in Offset and Australia’s official Co-production Program. Australia by local filmmakers. Recent hit Australian films include The Great Gatsby, Bait 3D, Sanctum, Predestination, Doing business with Australia Happy Feet 1 & 2, Knowing and Daybreakers. Visit these websites for more information on: Australia’s post-production, digital and visual effects (PDV) sector is behind the success of some of Hollywood’s biggest The Producer Offset and official Co-production Program blockbusters. Sydney company Animal Logic was responsible www.screenaustralia.gov.au/Business_with_Australia for the animation on Warner Bros’ The LEGO® Movie and The Location and PDV Offsets Adelaide company Rising Sun Pictures provided PDV services www.arts.gov.au/film-tv/australian-screen-production- for Oscar®-nominated X-Men: Days of Future Past. incentive

Australian screen production incentives Australia’s financial incentives, locations, crews and studios www.ausfilm.com.au The Producer Offset is a 40% rebate on your Australian co-producer’s production expenditure incurred in Australia Services, locations and incentives offered by Australian when making Australian films. Not all expenditure qualifies, state screen agencies but the Offset can be worth up to 40% in the case of film www.screenaustralia.gov.au/filmmaking/state_agencies including feature documentary.

Foreign productions taking advantage of Australia as a filmmaking centre can access the Location Offset or the PDV Offset for productions that use Australia’s post-production and visual effects talents. Snapshot – Australian incentives for Chinese producers

INCENTIVE ELIGIBILITY BENEFIT

OFFICIAL yy Australian and Chinese Competent yy Access to the Producer Offset (see CO-PRODUCTION Authorities approve the film as below) Screen Australia is the an official co-production under yy Production is treated as ‘Australian Australian Competent the terms of the Australia-China content’ for the purpose of TV Authority administering the Arrangement. The Arrangement quotas applies to feature films including Co-production Program yy Assistance to Chinese co-producer animation and documentaries, or www.screenaustralia.gov.au entering Australia with visas and films of a like nature made for TV. equipment yy Production is eligible to apply for Screen Australia production funding

PRODUCER OFFSET yy Must be made under the Australia- yy A refundable tax offset amounting Administered by Screen China Arrangement and approved as to: Australia a co-production by Screen Australia - 40% of qualifying Australian www.screenaustralia.gov.au and China Film Co-production production expenditure (QAPE) for Corporation, OR feature films yy Meet the ‘significant Australian - 20% of QAPE for non-features. content’ (SAC) test if not a [Benefit is claimed by the Australian co-production producer via an Australian applicant company] yy The Australian producer must be an Australian resident company under yy Eligible to apply for Screen Australia Australian taxation law investment yy Qualify as ‘Australian’ for content quota purposes

POST, DIGITAL AND yy Must meet minimum QAPE threshold yy Refundable tax offset of 30% of VISUAL EFFECTS of A$500,000 on PDV services QAPE on Australian PDV services (PDV) OFFSET yy No requirement of Australian content Administered by the Ministry yy No requirement to be an official for the Arts co-production arts.gov.au/film-tv yy Must be an Australian resident company under Australian taxation law or a foreign company with an Australian Business Number (ABN) that is operating with a permanent establishment in Australia

LOCATION OFFSET yy Must meet minimum QAPE threshold yy Refundable tax offset of 16.5% of Administered by the Ministry of A$15,000,000 QAPE (in Australia) for the Arts yy No requirement of Australian content [Benefit is claimed by an Australian arts.gov.au/film-tv resident company or a foreign yy No requirement to be an official company with an Australian co-production Business Number (ABN) that yy Must be an Australian resident is operating with a permanent company under Australian taxation establishment in Australia] law or a foreign company with an Australian Business Number (ABN) that is operating with a permanent establishment in Australia

PRODUCTION yy Various cash and facility deals as yy In addition to federal incentives, ATTRACTION well as production support each state can provide assistance by INCENTIVES way of investment and production Various state government services agencies. For further yy Ausfilm can organise ‘location information contact Ausfilm packages’ to assist with location www.ausfilm.com.au scouting