France promotes discounts to attract China filmmakers: you can enjoy a 20% discount when you come to France to shoot movies

"Starting from January 1, 2015, the International Production Funding Support Policy (TRIP) will be reviewed by Congress," Zhang Ran said."Shooting or post-production in France for more than 5 days, and spending more than 1 million euros as part of the plot (cultural test), you can get a refund of 20% of the total spent in France for more than 10,000 euros or more than half of the total budget. Starting from 2016, the total refund will increase to 30%."

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France uses film and television communication to boost its economy.

"The wider the audience of a movie, the more people will come to France to travel. Therefore, not only in the film industry, but also promote the growth of various industries such as tourism and advertising." Zhang Ran, head of the international production project of the French National Film Commission, said in an interview with reporters,"In the past, France may have preferred European and American countries to find co-production partners, but in the past five years, the China market has become bigger and bigger, and France has begun to favor China publicity more."

According to the "2015 China Film Industry Research Report" recently released by China, in less than 100 days into 2015, China's box office has exceeded 10 billion yuan (RMB, the same below), and the output value of China's film market has reached 100 million yuan a day.

"In the more than ten years since the launch of China's film industrialization reform in 2003, the market size of China's films has maintained an annual growth rate of about 30%," Zhang Ran said."This is a market that cannot be ignored." The French National Film Commission is authorized by the French government to provide free professional consulting services to foreign film crews who wish to shoot in France. Zhang Ran is a China international project leader specially hired by the French Film Commission among the seven employees at its Paris headquarters in order to better communicate with China film crew.

"Due to the downturn of the French economy, I very much hope that China film crew can come to France to shoot," said Liu Lijun, producer of the French filming team of the French co-production film "Night Peacock" in an interview with reporters."China film crew is also very willing to come to France to shoot because the treatment is much better than in China."

Funds will be refunded for filming in France

."Starting from January 1, 2015, the International Film Funding Support Policy (TRIP) will be reviewed by Parliament," Zhang Ran said."Shooting or post-production in France for more than 5 days, and France is part of the plot.(Cultural test), you can get a refund of 20% of the total spent in France if you spend more than 1 million euros or spend more than half of the total budget. Starting from 2016, the total refund will increase to 30%." Zhang Ran emphasized that foreign film crews do not need to pay taxes when they come to France to shoot, so this policy is not a tax refund.

The reporter learned from the briefing that China actor Li Mingtou directed "Battle of the Dionysus" has just completed filming in France and will receive a 20% refund of the funds soon. Recent China films filmed in France include "Night Peacock","Carry Love to the End" and "I 11".

"It will be easier for China film crews to find investment in France when they come to France, get better French box office, and it will be easier to distribute in Europe." Franck Priot, chief operating officer of the French National Film Commission, said at a briefing.

Chinese and foreign co-productions do not occupy China's film import quota.

In 2014, Hollywood in the United States accounted for 34 of the China's imported film quota, while only 8 French films were released in China. In an interview with this reporter, Zhang Ran said that since Sino-French co-productions are not affected by China's import film quotas, the number of Sino-French co-productions has gradually increased recently, which is conducive to the appearance of French images on China screens. "Wolf Totem" and "Nightingale" are both successful cases of Sino-French co-production.

"Since China and France signed a co-production agreement in 2010," Franck Priot said,"Sino-French co-productions will gain dual citizenship. In China, it is a China film and in France, it is a French film."

"Now it is a big difficulty for China companies to go abroad to seek co-filming," Cai Stuu, chief producer of Paris Cultural and Entertainment Media, said in an interview with reporters."That is, when large amounts of money flow out of China, it will involve an approval process, and part of the tax will be paid. This is a big expense for China production companies." Chisto also said that the visas for the China crew to come to France were not valid long enough.