Motion Picture Production Program
Louisiana Economic Development
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- Posted
- Jan 29, 2026
- Closes
- Rolling, no fixed deadline
Amount
Amount not published by the funder
Who can apply
$300,000 minimum in-state expenditure requirement on all other eligible productions.
About this opportunity
For a complete overview of changes made in 2017, click here . For applications received on or after July 1, 2017, Louisiana’s Motion Picture Production Program, statutorily known as Motion Picture Production Tax Credit, provides motion picture productions up to a 40% tax credit on total qualified in-state production expenditures, including resident and non-resident labor. For productions that opt to do VFX in Louisiana, there is also an additional 5% credit on the VFX spend if at least 50% of the VFX budget is expended for services performed in Louisiana by an approved QEC, or a minimum of $1 million in qualified VFX expenditures are made in Louisiana.