Following in the footsteps of its Nordic neighbors, Finland is fast becoming a destination of choice for foreign co-productions, not least thanks to its up-front cash-back tax incentive introduced in 2017.
Despite a slight drop in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic, figures show a 40-plus growth of the audiovisual industry in the past five years, distributed evenly between co-production and service production.
In addition to the national rebate of 25, productions can get up to 40 incentive money thanks to top-ups from regional film commissions.
Other support mechanisms include public broadcaster Yle and the Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture (Avek), as well as a growing number of private investors such as VOD platform Elisa Viihde and Aurora Studios, which are working actively on getting Finnish content out to the world.
One of the turning points in international co-productions came in 2020 with a Hollywood film entirely shot in Finland. Riley Stearns’ “Dual,” which went...
Despite a slight drop in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic, figures show a 40-plus growth of the audiovisual industry in the past five years, distributed evenly between co-production and service production.
In addition to the national rebate of 25, productions can get up to 40 incentive money thanks to top-ups from regional film commissions.
Other support mechanisms include public broadcaster Yle and the Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture (Avek), as well as a growing number of private investors such as VOD platform Elisa Viihde and Aurora Studios, which are working actively on getting Finnish content out to the world.
One of the turning points in international co-productions came in 2020 with a Hollywood film entirely shot in Finland. Riley Stearns’ “Dual,” which went...
- 2/19/2023
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
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