Ile-de-France, Provence tout incentive

October 05, 2009 U.S. and international TV producers can now bank on a TRIP to France thanks to an agreement between the Ile-de-France and the Provence-Alpes-Cotes d'Azur region in the wake of the Gallic government's incentive for foreign production, the TRIP (Tax Rebate for International Production), passed this year. We're going to approach international production together," IDF Film Commission director Olivier Rene Veillon said, adding: "Screenwriters love to write in a couple of episodes about Paris, and the ratings prove that audiences enjoy stories based here as well. The IDF and PACA regions will welcome stateside and foreign producers to shoot their screen formats on French soil.

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