{"id":40133,"date":"2021-01-14T16:31:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T15:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zuniclaw.com\/lights-camera-action-movie-production-incentives-for-investing-in-serbia\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T14:45:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:45:41","slug":"movie-production-incentives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zuniclaw.com\/en\/movie-production-incentives\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Production Incentives for Investing in Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Not long ago, we have written about the advantages of investing in Serbia, and have highlighted 14 reasons why Serbia is a great destination for your business<\/a>, besides the numerous tax incentives<\/a> it offers.<\/p>

If you are working in the movie industry, after reading this blog, you will have another reason to invest here (or maybe even 300,000 reasons more).<\/p>

The Regulation on Incentives to Investors Who Produce Audiovisual Content in the Republic of Serbia<\/a> (hereinafter: Regulation<\/strong>), which stipulates enticing incentives for foreign investors in Serbia who produce audiovisual content, although implemented in 2020, started being fully applied only from January 1, 2021. The aim of the Regulation is to entice the economic activity in the movie industry, increase employment in that industry, as well as promote the potential of the Republic of Serbia regarding audiovisual production.<\/p><\/div><\/section>

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What Do These Incentives Imply?<\/h2><\/div>

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Incentives are given to the investor as a non-refundable grant, through a return of 25% of eligible costs realized in Serbia.<\/p>

If you set aside a sum greater than 5,000,000 euros for the production budget of audiovisual content that is carried out in Serbia, the incentives are given in the amount of 30% of eligible costs.<\/p>

For a special-purpose movie, the incentives are given in the amount of 20% of eligible costs.<\/p><\/div><\/section>

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Who Can Use These Incentives?<\/h2><\/div>

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If you are a legal or natural person with representative, and whose funds are used for (co)financing the production of audiovisual content, and who sets aside means for the production budget for the actualization of the project in Serbia higher than the minimum means required for the media in question, the incentives which the Republic of Serbia offers might be of particular interest to you.<\/p>

The minimum amount that you must set aside for each particular media in order to be able to apply for the incentives are the following:<\/p>
Category<\/th>Amount<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Feature movie and TV movie<\/td>300,000.00 euros<\/td><\/tr>
TV series<\/td>300,000.00 euros per episode<\/td><\/tr>
Animated series<\/td>150,000.00 euros per episode<\/td><\/tr>
Animated movie, audio and\/or visual post-production of audiovisual content<\/td>150,000.00 euros<\/td><\/tr>
Special-purpose movie<\/td>300,000.00 euros<\/td><\/tr>
Documentary and documentary TV program<\/td>50,000.00 euros<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/section>
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The incentives can be realized for the production of:<\/p>