Film Incentive

The South African Government offers a package of incentives to promote its film production and post-production industry. The incentives consist of the;

• Foreign Film and Television Production and Post-Production Incentive;
• SA Film & TV Production and Co-production;
• South African film and television production incentive
• The South African Emerging Black Filmmakers Incentive;

Foreign Film and Television Production and Post-Production Incentive;

To encourage and attract large-budget films and television productions and post-production work that will contribute towards employment creation, enhancement of international profile, and increase the country’s creative and technical skills base.

Benefits:

Production and post-production

• Shooting on location in South Africa, the incentive will be calculated at 25% of Qualifying South African Production Expenditure (QSAPE), with a cap of R50 million.
• An additional incentive of 5% of QSAPE is provided for productions shooting and conducting post-production in South Africa, and utilising the services of a black-owned service company.

Post-production

• Conduction post-production in South Africa, the incentive is calculated at 20% QSAPPE
• An additional 2.5% of Qualifying South African Post-Production Expenditure (QSAPPE) is provided for spending at least R10 million of post-production budget in South Africa (22.5% cumulative).
• Foreign post-production with QSAPPE of R15 million and above, the incentive is calculated at 25% of the QSAPPE.

SA Film & TV Production and Co-production;

To support official co-productions and contribute towards employment opportunities in South Africa.

Benefits: 

• The rebate is calculated as 35% of QSAPE.
• An additional 5% of Qualifying South African Production Expenditure (QSAPE) is provided for productions hiring at least 30% of black South African citizens as HODs and procuring at least 30% of QSAPE from 51% South African black- owned entities which have been operating for at least a period of one year; with a cap of R50 million per project.

South African film and television production

To support the local film industry and to contribute towards employment opportunities in South Africa.

Benefits:

• The rebate is calculated as 35% of QSAPE.
• An additional 5% of QSAPE is provided for productions hiring at least 30% of black South African citizens as head of departments (HODs) and procuring at least 30% of QSAPE from 51% South African black-owned entities which have been operating for at least a period of one year; with a cap of R50 million per project.

The South African Emerging Black Filmmakers

To nurture and capacitate emerging black filmmakers to take up big productions and contribute towards employment opportunities.

Benefits:

• A rebate of 50% on the Qualifying South African Production Expenditure (QSAPE).
• The costs for the purchase of key production equipment may qualify once-off under this incentive programme to a maximum cost-sharing incentive of R2 million.

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