
With the new measure, shooting costs will now come closer to those of other European countries. Films coming to France will also discover there is a huge pool of fluent English-speaking technical talent, plus studio facilities.

With an eye to capturing a greater number of film shoots in France, the government's finance law for 2009 introduced a new tax credit in France for worldwide movie co-productions, which will benefit productions even where the executive producer is located outside the country.

The French government is to introduce a tax credit to encourage filmmakers from around the world to make films in France. Productions shot in France will now get back 20% of the production costs of the movie.