France’s newly enhanced tax rebate for international TV and film productions, known as the TRIP, is making the country a very attractive location in which to shoot and do VFX work, said French line producer Raphael Benoliel, whose credits include two seaons of Netflix’s Emily In Paris and Lionsgate/Summit’s John Wick Chapter 4. 

He was talking on the latest ScreenDaily Talk on shooting in France. Watch the session in full, above. That the talk was produced in partnership with Film France, The French film commission by the CNC and Paris Images Online.

The Tax Rebate for International Production (TRIP), offers a rebate of up to 30% of the eligible production spend to a cap of €30m. This now rises to 40% if a substantial amount of VFX work is done in France in a drive to put the country on a par with other European locations such as the UK. Recent productions to shoot a substantial amount in France include David Fincher’s The KIller, starring Michael Fassbender and Tilda Swinton, which is now in production.

“The 10% VFX bonus is bringing in productions that I don’t think would come to France otherwise,” said Benoliel. 

Rachael Penfold, the London-based co-founder of visual effects outfit One of Us, said the company’s opening of a Paris outfit allowed them to take advantage of the impact of the 10% VFX bonus on the TRIP. 

“We’re working on John Wick: Chapter 4 and two big Netflix films that will be split between London and Paris, the Luther movie and Damsel, starrrrig Mille Bobbie Brown,” she said. 

Penfold emphasised productions should not fear extensive red tape or bureaucracy when considering France as a VFX or shooting location. 

There is so much in place to help you set up the production companies you need to shoot in France. And in you’re just dong VFX, we can help with all that stuff, getting through the cultural test, working out where the spend is if it’s split between London and Paris.”

The ScreenDaily Talk took place on Monday, January 24, and is available to watch in full above.

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