Posts In: Motion Picture Competitiveness Program

Miss the first instalment of “Behind the Olympia Curtain?” Watch it below and tune in next Thursday! Behind…

  Washington Filmworks Re-Opens Application Window: October 1, 2019 Limited Funding Assistance for Projects Filming in 2019 Due…

Kohl-Welles, Billig and Fain Introduce Legislation to Increase Funding For Production Incentive Program Senate Bill 6027 Helps Keep…

We have revised the Guidelines and Criteria for our standard program. You can find an overview of the changes online.

Last night (March 29, 2012) Governor Gregoire signed E2SSB 5539, the bill that renews the Motion Picture Competitiveness Program. This action reinstates the program that ended last year and establishes a new sunset date in June of 2017.

This evening Governor Gregoire will sign E2SSB 5539, the bill that renews the Motion Picture Competitiveness Program, into…

Our legislative team has reiterated how vital it is that supporters of the Motion Picture Competitiveness Program continue to file “letters of opinion” in support of 2ESSB 5539. If you have already written, please write again and help spread the word. Do not delay.

Take a moment to appreciate the magnitude of this achievement. With a modest incentive, Washington has fostered 1/3 of the films from this list. Not only are these movies charming critics, but they are hits with festival audiences and juries. For example, ‘Eden’ recently took home the SXSW Audience Award and director Megan Griffiths shared the Emergent Narrative Woman Director Award.

Our leglislative team in Olympia has indicated that it is important for film industry professionals to contact Governor Gregoire’s office to file what are referred to as “letters of opinion” in support of the Motion Picture Competitiveness Program (2ESSB 5539). The more letters her office receives, the more likely a bill signing ceremony will be scheduled quickly.

The House of Representatives passed E2SSB 5539, the bill to renew the Motion Picture Competitiveness Program, with a…