Post/Digital/Visual effects (PDV)
Australia's state-of-the-art facilities and Post/Digital/Visual effects (PDV) infrastructure, which have supported Oscar-winning filmmakers from development to delivery in every format, are the result of decades of professional production and constant investment.
Australia's Federal and State/Territory Governments offer a range of incentives to attract overses-originated screen productions to film and/or conduct Post, Digital and Visual effects production in Australia.
Your production may be eligible to apply for the Post, Digital and Visual effects production (PDV) Offset under the Federal Government's Australian Screen Production Incentive scheme.
The PDV Offset offers a 15% rebate on Qualifying Australian PDV Expenditure (incurred on or in relation to PDV work), and is available for projects spending a minimum of A$5 million in Qualifying Australian PDV Expenditure on or related to PDV activity on a feature film, telemovie or television mini-series or series, regardless of whether the production is filmed in Australia.
Qualifying expenditure includes (but is not limited to) visual effects, audio and visual editing and mixing, orchestration, green-screen photography and many other tasks. It can also include salaries, per diems and travel for Post, Digital and Visual effcts production staff and crew, as well as rental of relevant facilities and equipment. The PDV Offset may not be combined with either the Location Offset or Producer Offset.
For more information on Post/Digital/VFX (PDV) in Australia, click here to download a Factsheet on the Post, Digital & Visual Effects Production (PDV) Offset
Click here to download the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) Factsheet:
DEWHA Factsheet: Location and PDV Offset
