​​​​What is the law?

As a condition of receiving tax credits pursuant to this Section, state-certified productions shall be required to participate in a career-based learning and training program approved by the office.  - §6007

Motion picture production tax credit* The COOL Cooperative (COOL) can fulfill the workforce development requirement for productions so they can receive Louisiana Motion Picture tax credits.

Who are we: The COOL Cooperative is a 501(c)(3) non-profit after school and summer program that provides hands-on film industry curriculum, training, and workforce development to COOL Creators (teens) in the New Orleans area.

Why choose COOL:
 

• We make the whole process easy & have experience certifying productions (ask for prior productions).

• We produce our own youtube channel and promote the films we work with: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU9kpr3B-ymUAQkEjfrWT6A?view_as=subscriber

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What does a production have to do to fulfill this requirement:
Fulfill either A or B from this list:
A. Financial donation to our vocational training program at .25% of the production’s tax credit filing.
B. A combination of the following activities:

1. Set visit for students and their instructors ($500 - $1000 average cost).

2. Classroom visit – have various dept. heads visit our classroom and give instruction.

3. Film equipment donation – lighting, grip, expendable, camera, etc.

4. In kind facility and/or equipment rental for COOL film projects.

5. Financial donation to our vocational program less than the .25 amount.

6. Donate passenger van or bus.

How to get started: Contact our Executive Director, Beth Burvant, at 504-784-2625 or beth@thecoolcooperative.org 

Motion picture production tax credit