The Embassy of India, Tel Aviv, in association with the Jerusalem Film Festival, held a Session on Incentives for filming in India at the Jerusalem Cinematheque on 20 July 2024 at 1630 hrs. The Session was followed by screening of the Indian film “All we imagine as light” as part of the ongoing Jerusalem Film Festival. Over 100 film enthusiasts, including Israeli film fraternity, friends of India, members of Indian community and friends from media attended the event.
The programme started with brief remarks by Deputy Ambassador of India Mr. Rajiv Bodwade.
Deputy Ambassador Mr. Rajiv Bodwade: “Up to 40% of production costs, with a cap limit of USD 3.6 million gets reimbursed if you make films in India. On top of it, various states also offer their incentives for film shooting with a cap of USD 1.2 million. The taxes levied/GST also gets refunded. I think it will possibly qualify as one of the top incentives anywhere offered to the film producers. The idea is to create in India, not just for India but for the world. Further, Israel is one of the 16 countries with which India has an Audio-Visual Co-production agreement, and hence in addition to the Indian incentives, producers can also avail incentives from Israeli Government. All in all, in India, you have the best of locations, highly capable and trained technicians, state-of-the-art equipment, technology in post-production, large market and now the best-in-class incentives. I invite all the Producers to please come forward with projects for film production in India including through co-production.”
Mr. Roni Madhav Levin CEO Jerusalem Film Festival and the Director of the Jerusalem Cinematheque: " It's an honor for us at the Jerusalem film festival to present this year two very prominent films emerging out of India, and I'll add we are especially proud that both films are directed by women".
Mr Dan Wolman an acclaimed Israeli film producer:” Producer Amir Gedalia and myself in collaboration with Indian film director Manju Borah have just completed shooting the first official Indian- Israeli co-production of the - the thriller "The Murderer with the Purple Hair" in Guwahati Assam. We are very excited and pleased with the co production deal and its very attractive incentives".
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