Advisor Studio: Funding Your Vision Through Incentives

Finding money for independent films can be daunting, and in today’s challenging independent film landscape, finding and using production incentives is a key strategy to help you reach your financial goal.

In this 60-minute Advisor Studio for fiction filmmakers, we’ll walk you through the business of U.S. tax incentives; from the types of incentives that are available to tips on how to find the best match for your project. This informational session with Wrapbook’s VP of Sales and Production Incentives, Ryan Broussard, will leave you feeling empowered as you approach this process.

Topics include:

• Types of incentives: tax credits, rebates, grants
• Understanding why these incentives exist, the financial benefits and how they work
• Different rules for different formats (feature narrative film, documentary, television)
• Finding the right location and incentive for your project
• The questions to ask
• Working with film commissions
• How the decisions impact your project, from start to finish
• What to expect on accounting, timeline, and hidden fees and mistakes to avoid
• Communicating with investors about incentives

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