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Taiwan Expands Production Incentives Scheme
Posted by BrianDzyak in "Incentives"/Tax breaks, Asia, China, Tax Incentives on November 5, 2018
By PATRICK FRATER The Taipei Film Commission is to make international access to its incentive scheme easier. The thresholds for access will be scrapped, and the existing subsidy system will be replaced with an investment scheme. The changes were announced today in Los Angeles, on the margins of the American Film Market. Under current regulations, […]
Turbulent times ahead for China’s film industry?
Posted by BrianDzyak in "Incentives"/Tax breaks, China, Studio, Tax Incentives, United States on November 5, 2018
BY LIZ SHACKLETON China’s film market may be booming, but a trade war with the US and the government’s tax and censorship shake-ups suggest rockier times are to come. In mid-September, US president Donald Trump made good on his promise to slap extra import duties on $200bn worth of Chinese goods, following several rounds of tariffs […]
Tax Evasion Scandals Stall Film Production in China
Posted by BrianDzyak in "Incentives"/Tax breaks, China, Tax Incentives on November 5, 2018
By VIVIENNE CHOW Things are changing fast in China’s entertainment industry. The country’s film business is expected to enter a period of slowdown as the government continues to crack down on tax evasion after the eruption of the scandals surrounding Chinese actress Fan Bingbing(pictured above) and the war epic “Unbreakable Spirit.” Many productions in the […]
China Hatches Anti-Tax-Evasion Plan For Film & TV Biz In Wake Of Fan Bingbing Flap
Posted by BrianDzyak in "Incentives"/Tax breaks, China, Tax Incentives on October 12, 2018
by Nancy Tartaglione Oct 9 In the wake of the scandal that recently engulfed superstar actress Fan Bingbing, China has launched a campaign to regulate the payment of taxes within the film and TV industry. A notice posted by the State Administration of Taxation aims to promote the healthy development of the business which has […]
China’s top television stars have wages capped at US$7.25 million per season
Posted by BrianDzyak in China on August 15, 2018
Deal between production firms, distributors also means film stars can be paid no more than 70 per cent of the total production budget Nine of China’s top television and film production and distribution companies have agreed to cap wage payments for performers, amid an ongoing investigation into allegations of tax evasion by some of […]
Chinese, New Mexico film officials begin cross-cultural media partnership
Posted by BrianDzyak in Asia, China on July 6, 2016
UNM looks to become part of collaboration academically By Steve Carr Panda iMedia, one of China’s top online media holding companies, along with the New Mexico Film Office, the New Mexico Economic Development Department, the Albuquerque Film Office and The University of New Mexico, recently announced a cross-cultural media partnership designed to bring jobs, and a […]
Ang Lee Gives Advice to Young Filmmakers; Asks Chinese Film Industry to be Patient
Posted by BrianDzyak in Asia, China on July 6, 2016
By J. Javelosa World-renowned American Taiwanese-born director Ang Lee addressed a group of people at a recently held themed forum, where he advised young filmmakers to take the time to hone their skills. The director was in Shanghai on Monday for the annual Shanghai International Film Festival and discussed some of the “things still to be […]
A force awakens as Star Wars movie enters a very different Chinese film universe to 1977 original
Posted by BrianDzyak in Asia, China on December 28, 2015
Relaxation or removal of foreign film quota to pose a challenge for mainland film makers Enoch Yiu Not long ago, in a film industry not too far away, the game changed. Four decades of reform in mainland China has reshaped its film market and given the latest instalment of Star Wars a very different welcome […]
Beijing Film Academy to help Malaysia develop film industry
Posted by BrianDzyak in Asia, China, Education, Malaysia on November 12, 2015
BY THO XIN YI BEIJING: MCA Youth has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Beijing Film Academy in a move to push for the development of the film industry in Malaysia. Its chief Chong Sin Woon said the MoU would pave the way for possible collaboration with the academy in the next three years. “We […]
China Drafts New Film Industry Law
Posted by BrianDzyak in Asia, China on November 3, 2015
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief China has moved forward with a new film industry law intended to boost the sector and help Chinese companies compete internationally. Chinese state media reported that a draft of the new law was debated Friday by the Standing Committee of the 12th National People’s Congress. “Film legislation can stimulate the industry, […]
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