By Lucas Shaw
Sten Iversen, manager of the Montana Film Office, came to the Los Angeles Film Festival this year to launch his new Studio 406 incentive package. A veteran of the festival dating back to its first year, Iversen sees it as the perfect place to sell independent filmmakers on the benefits of filming in Montana.
Just moments after landing at Lax, his beliefs were validated as he spent nearly two hours in traffic trying to get to his hotel. Crews filming in Montana would face no such problems since his incentive package offers free traffic control signage. Traditionally, when production ...
Sten Iversen, manager of the Montana Film Office, came to the Los Angeles Film Festival this year to launch his new Studio 406 incentive package. A veteran of the festival dating back to its first year, Iversen sees it as the perfect place to sell independent filmmakers on the benefits of filming in Montana.
Just moments after landing at Lax, his beliefs were validated as he spent nearly two hours in traffic trying to get to his hotel. Crews filming in Montana would face no such problems since his incentive package offers free traffic control signage. Traditionally, when production ...
- 6/26/2009
- by admin
- The Wrap
Scanning the floor of the Santa Monica Auditorium this weekend at the 22nd annual AFCI locations trade show, it seemed film incentives have reached a critical mass this year as more states and countries than ever before are offering them -- and also at higher percentage points than ever before -- in attempts to woo production to specific locales.
"We have incentives, we do", a lady at the Trinidad and Tobago booth announced as she handed out flyers to passersby.
"Oh, for sure", a rep for Yukon, a territory in Canada's north, responded when asked whether his location offered rebates.
Wyoming was showing off its month-old package, while Oregon was heralding its upcoming enhanced rebates. Iceland said it recently upped its numbers, while Turkey -- its film commission only 1 year old -- said it was working on a package to unveil next year.
"It's all about incentives. I need to build up ours to stay in the competition," said Sten Iversen of the Montana Film Office.
"We have incentives, we do", a lady at the Trinidad and Tobago booth announced as she handed out flyers to passersby.
"Oh, for sure", a rep for Yukon, a territory in Canada's north, responded when asked whether his location offered rebates.
Wyoming was showing off its month-old package, while Oregon was heralding its upcoming enhanced rebates. Iceland said it recently upped its numbers, while Turkey -- its film commission only 1 year old -- said it was working on a package to unveil next year.
"It's all about incentives. I need to build up ours to stay in the competition," said Sten Iversen of the Montana Film Office.
- 4/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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