
Made in the USA: Tax Credits in 2025
Canada has long been known as “Hollywood North,” with American production companies taking advantage of the country’s favorable exchange rate, tax incentives and crew base to make movies for cheaper than they can in the United States. But, increasingly, a number of other countries and regions—the United Kingdom, Spain, the Canary Islands, Eastern Europe—have instituted enticing tax credits aimed at attracting international production, so much so that, for many U.S. independent producers, making a low-budget indie in the States is no longer an automatic proposition. After considering multiple locations, for example, Brady Corbet’s Oscar-nominated The Brutalist wound up faking the […]