Minnesota has unique locations, experienced crew and a talent base ready to make film, episodic and digital content come to life
The Minnesota Film Alliance (MFA) is a state-wide non-profit trade association that represents Minnesota’s film, episodic & digital content production industry.
Minnesota Film Alliance advocates on behalf of the individuals and companies involved in all aspects of the production of film, TV and digital media in Minnesota, including:
In doing so, we create jobs in related industries such as construction, hospitality, transportation, retail, and tourism; while generating economic development in communities large and small across Minnesota.
A competitive tax policy will:
Support the growth of the lucrative entertainment and technology industries in Minnesota
Promote the State of Minnesota, its natural beauty and way of life
Harness the economic benefits that a thriving film, episodic, and digital content production industry will create
Production in Minnesota Can Be A Driver of Economic Activity...But We Need A Strong and Sustainable Tax Policy That Helps Us Compete With Other States Offering Incentives To Attract Projects
Minnesota was once among the top five states for film production because of our trained crew and existing infrastructure. Unfortunately, as other states have created better tax credit incentives to lure film and TV production projects to their states, Minnesota’s production industry has lost business to out-of-state locations. Minnesota has missed out on millions in related economic development.
In 2019, Minnesota was considered for dozens of projects from studios like Disney and Warner Bros. Those projects ultimately went to states with tax credit incentive programs, representing a loss of more than $100 million in new spending in the state.
With the 2021 passage of the Film Production Tax Credit we are now in a position to convince production to return to Minnesota. But to be truly competitive and benefit from the economic development that results from content production we need to strengthen our incentive by increasing the spending cap and extending or removing the sunset period to provide a robust and sustainable business environment for the production industry.