We have established film commissions from scratch on four continents. That experience: designing the policy, building the teams, launching the incentives and positioning each territory in the global production market: is what we bring to every client engagement. Whether you are a government building a film commission for the first time or an existing commission looking to sharpen its competitive position, we offer the full spectrum of advisory services that this work requires.
A film commission is the bridge between a government's ambition to attract international production and the reality of competing for it. It manages the permitting process that allows productions to film on roads, in public spaces and in government-controlled locations. It builds and maintains the relationships with studios, streamers and production companies that generate a pipeline of inbound interest. And it designs and administers the financial incentives that make a territory's offer commercially compelling.
Done well, a film commission is one of the most cost-effective economic development tools available to a government. International productions generate significant local spend, create skilled employment, develop local supply chains and position a territory on the global creative map in ways that benefit tourism, trade and soft power far beyond the screen industry itself. The territories that have invested seriously in film commission infrastructure: the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Georgia: have seen sustained, compounding returns on that investment over decades.