Description
This program is designed to recruit motion media productions to the state of Missouri, including film, episodic, commercial, stand-alone post production and other qualified motion media production projects.
Do I Qualify?
- Do you meet the minimum spend for the length of your script?
- 30 min or less (1-30 pages) = $50,000 minimum spend
- 31 min or more (31+ pages) = $100,000 minimum spend
- Do you plan to employ at least the following number of Missouri registered apprentices or veterans residing in Missouri with transferable skills?
If qualifying expenses are | Number of Missouri apprentices or veterans with transferrable skills |
|---|---|
Less than $5M | 2 |
$5M - $9,999,999 | 3 |
$10M - $14,999,999 | 6 |
$15M+ | 8 |
- Are you a qualified motion media project? This program does NOT apply to the following:
- News or current events programming
- Talk show
- Production produced primarily for industrial, corporate, or institutional purposes, or for internal use
- Sports event or sports program
- Gala presentation or awards show
- Infomercial or any production that directly solicits funds
- Political Ad
- Production that is considered obscene, as defined in section 573.010
How Do I Apply?
View the Program Guidelines and learn the full application process.
Application Process Summary
- Qualified Motion Media Productions can submit a preliminary application to the Missouri Film Office, along with the below supplemental documents.
- Script
- Preliminary Qualified Expenses Worksheet
- Economic Impact Statement
- Percentage Increase Form
- The preliminary application and all supplemental documents must be submitted before the first day of principal photography or if stand-alone post-production, before the first day of post.
- Once production/post has wrapped, the production company must submit the final application along with the below supplemental documents within 90 (ninety) days of the date the final qualified expense was incurred.
- Shooting script
- Missouri shooting schedule
- Call sheets for Missouri shoot dates
- Final Qualified Expenses Worksheet
- Final Percentage Increase Form
- Independent CPA report
- All final applications must include a report from a Missouri-licensed CPA, paid for at the production company’s expense, attesting that all of the expenses claimed are qualifying expenses.
Need Help?
Please reach out to mofilm@ded.mo.gov or call (573) 526-3566 for assistance. You can also visit www.MoFilm.org.