*Features and television pilots can qualify for one of the incentive’s two tiers by meeting the following requirements:

TIER 1:
• Minimum overall budget of $1,000,000
• Minimum qualified spend of $500,000 in Chatham County
• There is a project cap of $100,000 per project
• Projects can qualify for an additional bonus of $10,000 by meeting the local crew requirement outlined under Additional Bonuses.  

TIER 2:
• Minimum overall budget of $4,000,000
• Minimum qualified spend of $1,000,000 in Chatham County
• Project cap of $175,000 per project
• Projects can qualify for an additional bonus of $25,000 by meeting the local crew requirement outlined under Additional Bonuses. 

Television series or internet-distributed episodic productions can qualify by meeting the following requirements: 

• Minimum five episodes
• Minimum budget of $5 million per series
• Minimum qualified spend of $1,000,000 in Chatham County per series
• There is a project cap of $300,000 per project
• Projects can qualify for an additional bonus of $25,000 by meeting the local crew requirement outlined under Additional Bonuses.  

For all projects:

• The project’s main production office must be located in Chatham County.
• 50% of shooting days must be within 60 miles of the City Hall of Savannah.
• Must meet with Savannah Regional Film Commission before applying
• Must add SRFC’s Executive Director and Manager of Operations to distro list during preproduction and production. Including: Call Sheets, Crew Lists, Vendors’ List, Script, Shooting Schedules, Safety Memos, Location Notification Letters and all memos and correspondence pertaining to the Chatham County community
• Must provide all necessary documentation for audit of application (including THE LEDGER AND EXHIBITS) within 120 days of the completion of principal photography. 
• The project must display the Savannah Regional Film Commission logo in its end credits, immediately after the Georgia logo.

Local Crew Bonus: If 50% of crew listed on the final official and distributed crew list are located within 60 miles of the City Hall of Savannah, their primary residence is in the state of Georgia, and the production has qualified for the Savannah Entertainment Production Incentive, the production will be awarded an additional incentive of:

• $10,000 for Tier 1 features and TV pilots
• $25,000 for Tier 2 features and TV pilots and all qualified TV series or internet-distributed episodic productions 

Submit applications no more than 90 days prior to beginning principal photography in Chatham County.

Feature film and television pilot applicants can qualify only once per year unless the budget exceeds $15,000,000. An applicant will be considered the same for rebate purposes if the entity actually entitled to receive the rebate shares any common ownership, corporate officers or other verifiable affiliation with a previous applicant.

Applicants must meet with Savannah Regional Film Commission before applying.

Local qualified spend includes expenses incurred in Chatham County for labor, extras, rentals, purchases, airfare, hotels, per diem, picture cars, fuel, catering, gratuities, animals, security, police, healthcare professionals, parking and site rentals. 

Qualified above-the-line expenses include airfare, hotels, per diems, expenses for assistants to directors and producers, day players, and casting fees on day players.

A production can qualify for the rebate as a pilot or as a series but not for both in the same calendar year.

The fund is administered on a first-come, first-served basis combined with senior SEDA staff approval of the production.