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Ireland’s Film & TV Production Tax Credits: A Big Pot Of Gold For Indies – SXSW


At SXSW, there were six films shot in Ireland. The country is a tour de force with a 32% production tax credit for film and TV projects which funds 90% at start of production

The An Taoiseach of Ireland/Prime Minister of Ireland Michael Martin was here in Austin, TX on Monday along with Cinetic CEO John Sloss, The Astronaut filmmaker Jess Varley, and Irish producer Tristan Orden Lynch to share the great experience of not only shooting in the country of leas and cliffs, but also the extremely competitive tax credit. Sony Pictures Classics bought out the world on the Linklater movie which stars Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, and Andrew Scott. In total there were six projects playing at SXSW which were shot in Ireland: The Drop, The Astronaut, Mix Tape, the Nicolas Cage movie The Surfer, the thriller Hallow Road, and the animation short, Retirement Plan.

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