production incentive in finland for audiovisual productions
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Production Incentive in Finland
for Audiovisual Productions
The Finnish Funding Agency for InnovationTEKES
Production Incentive Starting 2017• Cash rebate of maximum 25 % of the spend in Finland • Targeted for feature films, fiction series, animation productions and
documentary film• Not available for TV reality shows, lifestyle productions, music videos,
advertising• In collaboration with The Finnish Film Fund, Audiovisual Finland and
Film Finland represented by regional film commissions• Budget 10 million euros• Terms and conditions will be finalized by the end of 2016
Production Incentive Starting 2017• Cash rebate of maximum 25 % of the spend in Finland • Targeted for feature films, fiction series, animation productions and
documentary film• Not available for TV reality shows, lifestyle productions, music videos,
advertising• In collaboration with The Finnish Film Fund, Audiovisual Finland and
Film Finland represented by regional film commissions• Budget 10 million euros• Terms and conditions will be finalized by the end of 2016
Tekes has partly funded
65%of well-known Finnish
innovations
of Tekes customers statethat the Tekes funding was
a significant factor intheir success
Over 80%
SMEs expect projects in 2015
to produce
billion euros in turnover during the target year
8 Projects that werecompleted in 2015
generated
products, services or processes
1,880In growth
companies funded by Tekes,
the increase of turnover was
points faster than in other SMEs in
2011-2014
18 %In SMEs funded
by Tekes 10 years agothe increase of jobs was
3,000
Projects that were completed
in 2015 generated
academic theses
1,320
Projects that were completed
in 2015 generated
patents
1, 250
Tekes - Innovation Funding with Proven Impact
The Role of Tekes for Production Incentive• Tekes is responsible for overseeing the incentive:
• Management, marketing & monitoring of the results
• Public tender for the marketing activities is open• More details coming later this year
• Main contact Merja Salonen / Tekes• [email protected]
Questions?