ausfilm

We provide a full range of film commission services to productions interested in filming or using post production and VFX facilities in Victoria. We offer incentives, production services, and location assistance. We’re your best first point of contact for:

• Location scouting
• Script breakdowns and surveys
• Introducing you to award winning talent, skilled crew, studios, post production and VFX houses
• Information about travelling and working in Victoria
• Information on federal and state-based production incentives

We have two online tools to help filmmakers find crews, facilities and locations.

• Locations Gallery – with a catalogue of over 40,000 images, you’ll soon understand how we’ve doubled for NYC, Miami, London, Boston and Chicago.
• Industry Directory – showcases the wealth of talent and infrastructure available in Melbourne.  Check out resumes, view showreels and compile your crew list here.

We manage two incentive programs to make bringing your project to Melbourne more attractive than ever. The incentives are a simple grant system, negotiated on a per project basis, and provided in the form of a cash rebate at the end of production.

‘I would say that filming in Melbourne was like working on a vacation.’ Tony To, Co Executive Producer HBO Films’ The Pacific

International production credits:

• The Killer Elite – Ambience Entertainment
• Don’t be Afraid of the Dark – Miramax Films
• The Pacific – HBO Films
• Knowing – Summit Entertainment
• Where the Wild Things Are – Warner Bros.
• The Bank Job – Mosaic Media Group (post, digital and VFX only)
• Ghost Rider – Sony Columbia Pictures
• Charlotte’s Web – Paramount Pictures
• The Children of Huang Shi – Bluewater Pictures (post, digital and VFX only)

Film Victoria offers two incentive programs to encourage film makers to bring their projects to Victoria. The incentives, negotiated on a project by project basis, are a simple grant system, provided in the form of a cash rebate at the end of production.

Our Production Investment Attraction Fund grant is available to interstate or offshore productions that film or post produce feature films or television series in Victoria. To be eligible, a production must spend a minimum of 70% of the total production budget in Victoria or a minimum of AU$3.5million.  In the case of post production/vfx only grants, a minimum of three Victorian facilities or services must be used.

The Regional Location Assistance Fund is designed to encourage local and footloose projects (i.e. projects which have qualified interstate and/or international alternatives) to use locations outside metropolitan Melbourne. The grant assists by offsetting some of the additional costs incurred when filming in regional areas such as accommodation, living overheads and travel. To be eligible a project must use regional Victorian locations during principal photography for a minimum of five shooting days.

In addition to these incentives, we can also offer information on investment funding for coproduction or joint venture projects.

Website address for links: www.filmmelbournenow.com

Contact details:

Kate Marks, General Manager, Incentives, Locations & Production Services

Tel +61 3 9660 3240

Neil McCart

Production & Policy Manager