LOUISIANA MOTION PICTURE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM: CAREER BASED LEARNING AND TRAINING
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:
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
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:
How to get started: Contact our Executive Director, Beth Burvant, at 504-784-2625 or [email protected] • §6007.
Motion picture production tax credit
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:
- Set visit for students and their instructors ($500 - $1000 average cost).
- Classroom visit – have various dept. heads visit our classroom and give instruction.
- Film equipment donation – lighting, grip, expendable, camera, etc.
- In kind facility and/or equipment rental for COOL film projects.
- Financial donation to our vocational program less than the .25 amount.
- Donate passenger van or bus.
How to get started: Contact our Executive Director, Beth Burvant, at 504-784-2625 or [email protected] • §6007.
Motion picture production tax credit