Application for State Certification
The Office of Entertainment Industry Development provides a standard FORM which applicants will use to apply for state certification. The application contains detailed descriptions of the following:
- Name of the production company.
- Name and phone number of a company contact person.
- Pre-production date through last production date in Louisiana.
- Louisiana production office address.
- Louisiana production office phone number.
- Total budget of the film.
- Total expenditures in Louisiana.
- Total percentage of film being shot in Louisiana.
- The level of employment of Louisiana cast and crew.
- Completion bond.
- Script (including a synopsis); and principal creative elements list (principal cast, producer, and director).
- Detailed Distribution Plan.
- A Statement that the project meets the definition of state-certified.
Submission and Review Procedure
Applicants must submit their completed application to the director of film and television for the Office of Entertainment Industry Development. Submitted applications will be reviewed and evaluated by the director. Upon determination that an application meets the criteria for this program, the director will send a certification letter to the investors and the secretary of the Department of Revenue.
***EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY FOR ALL FINAL CERTIFICATIONS: In accordance with state law and the policies of Louisiana Economic Development, prior to any certification of the state-certified production, the motion picture production company shall submit to the Office of Entertainment Industry Development a cost report of production expenditures audited and certified by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with the established auditing guidelines. Click HERE for a copy of the guidelines and HERE for Act 456.
**Please note that all properly formatted documentation submitted to the Office of Entertainment Industry Development and Louisiana Economic Development for signature will be reviewed, processed and returned to the respective parties within a reasonable amount of time (if there are no questionable errors or problems with said documents).
