In these times of announced restrictions on public spending, just a few days before the government presents its proposed budget for 2025, film professionals preferred to take the initiative to defend the advantages of maintaining the tax credits granted to their sector. For them, it is about confirming that the 350 million euros of state investments made within the framework of “La Grande Fabrique de l’image” (the program aimed at creating centers for cinematographic and audiovisual activities in the region) are essential for France wants to attract film shoots from all over the world and catch up with its European competitors in this field.
But furthermore, given that these infrastructures desired by Emmanuel Macron must see the light, it would be absurd to touch the existing tax incentives, they defend: 30% of filming expenses can be exempt from taxes within the limit of 30 million euros. A carrot that allows them to fill their order books.
In this sense, the Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, was invited to inaugurate, on Wednesday, October 2, the TSF studios in Coulommiers (Seine-et-Marne), the first project carried out among all those financed by “La Grande Fábrica de images.” A fake Parisian neighborhood with Haussmann-style facades was built on a former air base, where each building can be adapted to the specific needs of film sets.
For the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Zinédine Zidane, with the Olympic flame in hand, took advantage of the main avenue to make his way through an inextricable traffic jam of 1950s cars. TSF studios today constitute an alternative to filming in the 1950s. capital, whose access is increasingly restricted due to the inflation of demands and the fatigue of local residents.
Especially because in Coulommiers the directors can have fun performing stunts, simulating explosions or fires… things impossible on the authentic Parisian streets. Soon, 12 film sets will complete this venue to which the State has contributed 14 million euros, out of a total budget of 98 million euros.
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Before the end of the decade, many other large studios will emerge, especially in the Montpellier area with Pics Studio and France.tv Studio, in Bouches-du-Rhône with Provence Studio or even in the east of Paris with the renovation and expansion of the studios of Bry-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne) – where the Château d’If is located Count of Monte Cristo or the Mexican landscapes of the movie Emilia Perezby Jacques Audiard. Projects in which the Caisse des Dépôts has already invested 200 million euros on behalf of the State, of which 78 million euros have already been paid to carry out the first works. The rest will be paid as the work progresses. Added to this total are 67 million euros already paid for the training of all professions in the film and audiovisual sector.
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