Government has increased support for film projects this year under the Film and Television Production Incentive Fund.

An additional $1.5 million will be provided for projects completed this fiscal year, bringing the total budget for the program to $11.5 million for 2016-17.

“We value our film industry and we want it to be successful and stable,” said Mark Furey, Minister of Business. “We’ve been working closely with Screen Nova Scotia to monitor activity and requirements under the fund and we’re pleased to see more productions applying. This will benefit the economy with more jobs and increased spending in Nova Scotia.”

Government and industry have been monitoring all approved, pending, and anticipated applications, as well as the year each production is expected to be completed and paid out, to forecast capacity in the fund.

The Nova Scotia Film and Television Production Incentive Fund, introduced in July 2015, provides between 25-32 per cent of eligible costs such as labour and goods and services purchased from a Nova Scotia-based supplier.

To date, Nova Scotia Business Inc., the program administrator, has announced 17 productions representing $4.9 million in funding commitments. Those approved productions, which span several fiscal years, can be found at www.nsbi.ca/filmfunding .

Source: Release