"The film industry will shortly be granted premiums" declares the Ministry
The Greek Secretary of State for Culture, Petros Tatoulis, announced in Cannes that his government intends to implement a series of premiums for cinema and television so as to attract film production in the country. « Our programme foresees financial backing up to 30% of the budget for films shot in Greece, which tax credit would have no ceiling». Productions shall have a Greek partner.
Tatoulis assured that premiums will be operational as soon as next autumn, provided that the cinema policy bill set to come before the Greek parliament in the coming weeks is approved. "We would like to extend all the production sector in order to create additional receipts.
The Greek government also intends to create a national Film commission so as to create logistic services for those who wish to shoot films in the Mediterranean country.
(Translated from Italian)
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