INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF LATVIA
Cash rebate scheme Latvia Co-financing programme for foreign productions
The programme is a production incentive supporting the incoming productions of full-length feature films, documentaries and animation films. An application can be made for international production service or co-production to receive a cash rebate of 30% on eligible production costs. The support can be combined with other public funding sources in Latvia in case if the Co-financing programme’s support together with other funding sources does not exceed 50% of the film’s total expenses in Latvia.
•Support intensity: 30% of eligible costs.
•Selection rounds: The selection is open for at least 1 month. If funding is available after a closed selection, the Agency announces the next selection round.
•Decision: 1 month.
•Applicant: a company registered in Latvia.
Main Eligibility Criteria for Foreign Film Project:
•An agreement with a local production company is required,
•The film must be fully or partially filmed in Latvia,
•The project must be a new foreign film, which can include a new season, episode, or part of a film,
•The project must use the services of individuals or legal entities established in Latvia,
•The total production costs must be at least:
•711,436 EUR for feature and animation films,
•142,287 EUR for documentaries,
•VAT contributions to the State budget must be at least 50% of the co-financing,
•The foreign producer must have at least 50% of the total filming costs available,
•Foreign funding must be at least equal to the eligible costs of the film project in Latvia,
•Filming must not have started before the project application submission date.
Estimated total available co-financing from 2025 to 2027 – 15.2 million EUR
2025 - 4,85 million EUR, 2026 – 5,07 million EUR, 2027 – 5,29 million EUR
In 2024 co-financed foreign film productions with the total of 1 658 118 EUR.
CONTACT
jautajumi@liaa.gov.lv
www.liaa.gov.lv
THE RIGA FILM FUND OF THE COUNCIL OF RIGA
Cash rebate scheme Riga Film Fund co-financing programme
The programme is a production incentive supporting the incoming productions of full-length fiction features, documentaries, and TV films. An application can be made for international production service or co-production to receive a cash rebate of 20-25% on eligible production costs. The support can be combined with Latvian co-Financing programme’s funding.
• Support intensity: 20-25% of eligible costs (25% if the film’s story is set in Riga or with significant featuring of Riga in the story, and at least partly shot in Riga, 20% - if the film is shot in the territory of Latvia).
• Deadlines: open call until 30 September on first come first serve basis until the budget is depleted.
• Shooting must be finished and reports submitted by 30 November.
• Applicant: a company registered in Latvia.
• Annual budget: € 800 000.
• Decision: 1 month.
• The film’s delegate producer must confirm that at least 50% of financing is in place at the time of submission of the application.
The scheme is open for:
• fiction films with a budget of at least € 700 000;
• for documentaries the budget not specified.
CONTACT
Eva Medjāne
eva.medjane@riga.lv
www.filmriga.lv