European Film Industry Resources for Filmmakers

Up to 30% discretionary cash rebate. The maximum (30%) grant can be applied if the film production uses Estonian-based filmmakers, actors and other production crew, Estonian story and/or Estonian-set storyline.
Tartu Film Fund: 10-20% rebate for eligible expenditure incurred in the Tartu area by local film production companies providing production services to international co-productions. The film fund is capped at €150,000 annually.
Viru Film Fund: discretionary cash rebate or co-financing for qualified expenses incurred in the Eastern region of Estonia, including above and below-the-line expenses (except producer’s fee in excess of 7% of the total eligible expenditure). No residency requirements. The film fund is capped at around €50,000 annually.
Minimum spend: €0

Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland is the dedicated development agency for the Irish film, television and animation industry. Ireland is a world-class location for international production with numerous options for locations and several world-class film studios and a number of post-production and VFX houses. Ireland offers a tax credit of 32-34% with an additional 2% for eligible projects.
This extensive locations database lists approx., 2000 locations and 25,000 images from across Ireland covers everything from modern cityscapes and Georgian and Victorian streets, to historic castles, an abundance of residential properties, and our trademark breath-taking scenery and dramatic coastlines. Ireland has welcomed productions from Disney, Netflix, Apple TV+ and Amazon, alongside numerous independent productions. Major productions that have filmed in Ireland include Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Banshees of Inisherin, Brooklyn, and Vikings.
Learn more about filmmaking in Ireland at: https://www.screenireland.ie/filming

40-50% tax rebate on qualified production expenses.
Offering up to 30% on qualifying local expenditures, with an additional 20% available from the Riga Film Fund. Films must be fully or partially shot in Latvia.
Two financing bodies: National Film Centre of Latvia Riga Film Fund.
Services provided by private individuals or legal entities registered in Latvia must be used in the production of the film; on the date of the submission of the project, the producer has access to at least 50% of the total film production costs.
Production facilities include Cinevilla Studio, a sprawling complex less than 40 miles outside the capital, Riga.
Minimum spend: €711,436 feature film, €142,287 documentaries.
For more information contact Honorary Consul of Latvia to Georgia, Kevin Casebier at casebier@me.com or visit this link.

The NL Film Fund operates a cash rebate incentive of 35% on qualifying production costs spent on parties subject to Dutch taxation for feature films, feature length documentaries, feature length animated films, high end series and single episodes. Up to €1.5 million per film production. Up to €3 million per year per applicant production company. The specific conditions can be found here: Netherlands Film Production Incentive | Filmfonds.
Production sites & capabilities can be found on the website of the Netherlands Film Commission: database | Netherlands Film Commission.
Just in the 4th round of the Netherlands Film Production Incentive of 2022 contributions were made to 22 productions for a total amount of € 14.5 million, including 10 feature films, 1 documentary, 2 animated feature films, 7 drama series and 2 documentary series, as well as 9 international co-productions.
Recent notable films (co-)produced in the Netherlands include Narcosis, Oink, Bankier van het Verzet, Slag om de Schelde and Brimstone. Find a complete overview here: database | Netherlands Film Commission.
The main contact information for more details is Noah Waxman via nyc-ca@minbuza.nl

Romania extends 35-45% cash rebate through 2023. The 35% cash rebate is available to feature and short films, documentaries, TV and web series, and animated projects, with a minimum spend of €100,000 ($118,000) and a €10 million ($12 million) cap per project. At least 20% of the budget must be spent in Romania. If the project explicitly promotes the country, the rebate rises to 45%. The call for applications is expected to open in the coming weeks.
Among the upsides of shooting in the Eastern European nation are its rich and varied locations, skilled, English-speaking crews, and production costs that are among the lowest in the region. The capital, Bucharest, boasts several world-class studios, including Castel and Bucharest Film Studios, which is refurbishing its facilities.
The decision to extend the rebate through 2023 allows Romania to keep pace with neighboring countries in an increasingly competitive region. Greece this summer raised its rebate to 40%, following recent increases by Croatia (25%) and Lithuania (30%). Poland also introduced a 30% cash rebate last year.
Recent projects to lens in Romania include episodes from season one and two of BBC America’s “Killing Eve” (pictured), Amazon Studios’ “The Romanoffs,” the Corin Hardy’s “Conjuring” spin-off “The Nun,” and “Voyagers,” a “Lord of the Flies”-style dystopian space thriller from Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios and Thunder Road, directed by Neil Burger, which will be released in the U.S. by Lionsgate.
For more information, please contact Darius Gazinschi, Honorary Consul of Romania for the State of Georgia at romaniaconsulate@gmail.com

The Swiss Federal Office of Culture (FOC) supports the diversity of film in Switzerland from the development stage, production, distribution, and theatrical release of a project to supporting film heritage and the access to cinematographic culture (festivals, publications, training). International promotion is assured by the promotion agency “Swiss Films”. Due to its small size and language diversity, Switzerland must rely on an international network and regular co-productions. FOC supports around 20 international co-productions every year. Most of these include a clear artistic and technical cooperation between co-producing partner countries (mostly European Council countries as well as Canada and Mexico). The funding schemes are based on selective, automatic, or on cash rebates criteria. Other very important film funds include the national TV as well as regional film funds.
Please find here a concise brochure presenting the co-production possibilities with Switzerland.