Australian Government Incentives / Offsets

Producer Offset

The Producer Offset is available to producers of Australian film and television projects including feature films, documentaries, television series (up to 65 episodes), telemovies and short form animation. Screen Australia can provide advice on whether a project meets the requirements for certification as Australian.

For more information on this incentive please go to: http://screenaustralia.gov.au/producer_offset/

Location Offset

The Australian Federal Government provides an incentive for larger budget foreign films which film in Australia.

The Offset is applied at a fixed rate of 16.5% of qualifying Australian expenditure on a film project and is available to productions with an Australian spend of more than AU$15 million.

For more information on this incentive please go to: http://www.arts.gov.au/film-tv/australian-screen-production-incentive

Post/Digital/VFX (PDV) Offset

The PDV Offset provides a 30% rebate to projects that spend at least AU$500,000 on post, digital and VFX works in Australia, regardless of whether the production was shot in Australia.

For more information on this incentive please go to: http://www.arts.gov.au/film-tv/australian-screen-production-incentive

For further information please contact the Production Attraction Team on: 

Email: production@create.nsw.gov.au