A minimum overall budget of $5,000,000 per series and a minimum qualified spend of $500,000 in Chatham County are required.

The project’s main production office must be located in Chatham County.

50% of shooting days must be within 60 miles of the City Hall of Savannah.

The project must add SRFC’s Executive Director and Office Manager to distro list during preproduction and production. Materials sent across this list include call sheets, crew lists, vendor list, scripts, schedules, DOODs, safety memos, location notification letters, and all memos and correspondence pertaining to the Chatham County community.

The project must display the Savannah Regional Film Commission logo in its end credits, immediately after the Georgia logo.

The Resident Crew Bonus: if 50% of crew listed on the final, official, and distributed crew list are located within 60 miles of the City Hall of Savannah, and their primary residence is in the state of Georgia, a $25,000 bonus will be awarded to productions that qualify for the Savannah Entertainment Production Incentive.

Submit applications no more than 90 days prior to beginning principal photography in Chatham County.

An applicant can qualify only once per year unless the budget exceeds $15,000,000. An applicant will be considered the same for rebate purposes if the entity actually entitled to receive the rebate shares any common ownership, corporate officers or other verifiable affiliation with a previous applicant.

Applicants must meet with the Savannah Area Film Office and spend a minimum of two days scouting before applying.

Local qualified spend includes expenses incurred in Chatham County for labor, extras, rentals, purchases, airfare, hotels, per diems, picture cars, fuel, catering, gratuities, animals, security, police, healthcare professionals, parking and site rentals. 

Above-the-line expenses include day players, expenses for assistants to directors and producers and casting fees on day players.

If the five episode minimum is met between two consecutive calendar years, the production only counts for the calendar year in which it began. Only one season counts per calendar year.

The fund is administered on a first-come, first-served basis combined with senior Savannah Economic Development Authority staff approval of the production.