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Splatter
Some of the all IOWA (okay, and a
couple of Nebraskans) cast & crew attend the very well received showing of
“Splatter” at the Dances With Films Festival in Los Angeles on June
8, 2010. On to San Antonio ..... |
We are not currently casting any films ;
thanks to the freeze on the Iowa Tax Incentives which has been extended until
July 1, 2013.
Please check
http://impatv.blogspot.com/ for updates; and write to your
legislators asking them to support the film industry in Iowa!
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The Tax Incentives Question
If you have
picked up a paper or flipped on the television in the last few days, you are
well aware of the fact that Gov. Culver suspended a program offering millions
of dollars in tax credits to filmmakers while the agency is under
investigation.
I sit on the board of the Iowa Motion Picture
Association and would like to share the following thoughts with you:
The IMPA agrees that conducting a full audit of the Film Program and
implementing new accounting procedures is an appropriate course of action;
however, suspension of the program during the audit is not the answer. This is
just the second full year of the production incentives and the program is just
getting off the ground. There are many productions in the pipeline and by
suspending the production incentives; the state jeopardizes putting more Iowans
out of work while we are facing the highest state unemployment since 1986. It
simply does not make sense.
We need to maintain stability and
continuity in the Film Tax Incentives program; as well as to continue our
support for workforce training and business/infrastructure development.
As a member of the IMPA - as well as someone whose creative work will
be impacted - I urge you contact to your legislators, the Governor’s
office and Amy Johnson at the IDED to share your concerns on suspending the tax
incentive program.
Visit
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/FindLeg/, to determine who
your legislative representatives are and to obtain their e-mail addresses.
You can send an e-mail to the Governor through his website,
http://www.governor.iowa.gov/administration/contact/ and
you can e-mail Amy Johnson at amy.johnson@iowalifechanging.com.
Becky Gruening, of the Des Moines Film Commission, said the movie
industry contributed $8.2 million to the state's economy last year, but this
year, just since July, that total has jumped to $20 million spent in the Des
Moines metro area alone.
Gruening said that last year filmmakers leased
5,000 hotel rooms, while this year since July they've booked 21,000 hotel
rooms. "They're spending money on groceries, lumber, car dealerships," said
Gruening. The industry is also creating jobs for Iowans with about 25 percent
of the labor for the films being filled by local workers."
And to quote
Iowa screenwriter Shirley Long, "All these vendors circulate money into the
Iowa economy -- money that wouldn't be there without the tax incentives. This
does not constitute "wasting millions of dollars of taxpayers' money."
Please pass this information on to your various contacts that are
supporters of the film industry in Iowa. And check the IMPA web site for
updates: http://impatv.blogspot.com/ |
ATTENTION IOWA ACTORS -- MORE FILMS ARE
COMING OUR WAY!
Despite the current problems with the tax
incentives, Iowa has an indigenous film industry and we will continue to need
talented REGIONAL AND LOCAL actors to fill a variety of principal, speaking and
featured roles. There are many ways for you to stay informed about auditions:
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- Be sure
you get on the mailing list for the Iowa Film Office.
- Join the
Iowa Motion Picture Association
- Get an
agent!
- Check
our web page regularly.
- Submit
your headshot and resume to PMS Casting! We are currently only accepting
submissions only on an as needed project-by-project basis
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And be sure to contact your legislators in support of the Iowa
Film Tax Incentive. Help the Iowa Film Industry to grow and thrive.
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