Film Opportunities
West Feliciana Parish & St. Francisville
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We welcome film production companies to our unique blend of cultural heritage, scenery, architectural structures and people which have always made West Feliciana parish and the town of St. Francisville the ideal location for major film productions.
SOME PREVIOUS FILM PRODUCTION INCLUDE:
Hurry Sundown (1967). Integration and a courtroom battle. Directed by Otto Preminger. Stars Jane Fonda, Michael Caine, John Phillip Law, Robert Hooks, Burgess Meredith.
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) Stars Bette David, Bruce Dern
The Saint Francisville Experiment (2000). Derivative thriller based on the popular The Blair Witch Project.
The Farm: Angola, USA (1998). This documentary details life at Angola, the maximum security prison in Louisiana.
ABC's mini series North & South
Dead Man Walking (Gramercy Films, 1995). Starring Sean Penn and Susan Saradon. Based on the book by Sister Helen Prejean
The Reaping, starring academy award winner Hillary Swank
SALES AND USE TAX EXCLUSION
**PLEASE NOTE : THE SALES & USE TAX EXEMPTION WILL SUNSET ON JANUARY 1, 2006. FOR COMPLETE DETAILS, CLICK HERE TO VIEW ACT 456.
***The Sales & Use Tax Exemption Certificate will be honored for those productions certified before December 31, 2005.
Click HERE to view Revenue Information Bulletin 06-011.
EMPLOYMENT / LABOR TAX CREDIT
To the extent that base investment is spent on payroll for Louisiana residents employed in connection with a state certified production, each investor shall be allowed an additional ten percent (10%) of such payroll.
It should be noted that if the payroll of any one person exceeds one-million dollars ($1,000,000), this additional credit shall exclude any salary for that person.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW ACT 456.
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Film offices, commissions, etc.
* * State Film Office (Entertainment Division of Louisiana Office of Economic Development)
* Film Baton Rouge
* Lafayette Visitors and Conventions Bureau
* Natchitoches Visitors and Conventions Bureau
* New Orleans Film Office
* Northwest Louisiana Film Alliance
* Shreveport-Bossier Film Office
* Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau
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Louisiana Film Festivals
* Bossier Parish Community College's film program
* Centenary Film Society
* Cinema on the Bayou
* Louisiana Film Festival: Student Division (March 2007)
* Minicine
* Moviesauce Film Festival (Dec. 2007)
* New Orleans Film Festival
* Perennial Media
* Red Stick Animation Festival
* Robinson Film Center
* West Edge Artists' Co-Op
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