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Terms of enticement T
aiwan has become one of the most attractive places to shoot in Asia, as well as being a lucrative co-production part- ner for international producers. In 2010,
the Government Information Office (GIO) increased its subsidies for foreign productions spending more than $100,000 on shooting in the territory. The incentives are split into three parts: the
GIO will subsidise 25% of the cost of hiring local cast and crew members, 30% of the cost of personnel expenses during the shoot, and 15% of the spend on accommodation, transport and insurance. In addition to the GIO’s national subsidy
scheme, major cities such as Taipei, Kaohsiung and Taichung provide their own incentives to entice foreign productions to shoot there. In the capital, Taipei, the four-year-old Taipei
Film Commission (TFC) helps facilitate pro- duction in the city. In 2010, it provided services and incentives to 42 film and TV co-production projects, according to TFC director Jennifer Jao, including US-Taiwan co-production The Break-up Artist and the German TV filmA Chi- nese Man. TFC offers three packages of cash incentives in
addition to its regular, free consultation service, which encompasses location scouting, setting up a co-production with a local team and helping source equipment and post-production facilities. Any film or TV crew shooting in Taipei City is
eligible to apply for the Production Concession- ary Card (PCC) which can offer discounts of up to 40% on accommodation, restaurants, car rental and laundry services in the city. Around 250 stores and services have joined the PCC pro- grammes, including several five-star hotels. For feature-length films, producers can also
apply for the second incentive package, Taipei City Government’s Film Production Subsidy. It
In 2010, the GIO increased its subsidies for foreign productions spending more than $100,000 shooting in the territory
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is a cash grant of between $30,000 (NT$1m) and $890,000 (NT$25m) which is given to those projects considered to present fully the culture and landscape of Taipei City. The grant is handed out twice a year, with applications invited each April and September. The third package is for joint marketing and
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promotion services. For films receiving the above-mentioned subsidy from Taipei City Gov- ernment, or those films featuring recognisable scenes of Taipei representing more than one third of the film’s length, TFC will help promote the films locally and internationally, including secur- ing ad spaces, TV commercial slots and jointly organising press or marketing events at interna- tional festivals such as Cannes, Berlin and Venice. As a step to promote further international co-
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production between Taipei and international film-makers, TFC signed a Taipei and Paris Film Industry Co-operation Agreement with the Ile de France Film Commission in mid- 2010. The agreement brought in two French projects to shoot in Taipei: Franck Guérin’sOne O One, produced by Alterego Films and Bernard
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Marescot’sKamome And Other Stories produced by Kamome International Films. The two projects have subsequently benefited from the TFC’s range of services and incentives. Furthermore, the TFC is selecting Taiwanese
projects to participate in the Ile de France Film Commission-backed Paris Project, held each July as part of the Paris Cinema International Film Festival. TFC aims to launch the similar Taipei Project in 2012 and will invite French projects chosen by the IDF Film Commission to take part. There are also plans to set up co-operation
agreements between the TFC and the Quebec Film Commission and New York City Film Commission on co-production benefits and film-talent workshops.n
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Here in Cannes, the TFC, along with the Ile de France Film Commission and film commissions from Madrid, London and Cairo, take part in the forum of Capital Regions for Cinemas on May 17.
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