The value of production

The incidence of domestic government funds within the two main fields (cinema and television) can be assessed taking into consideration a conservative estimate relating to the overall value of the audiovisual production (€ 950 million in 2017). 

Public contribution for cinema (tax credits and direct public investments) amounts to about € 70m with an incidence of 27% on the total value. Video-television productions, on the other hand, receive (in the sole form of tax credit) a similar contribution in absolute values (€ 75m in 2017) with a much lower incidence: 11% of the total. 

Even taking into account TV fiction alone (as a genre that on a cultural and expressive level is completely similar to cinema,) the incidence of public funds is 16%: € 60m tax credit for a total production value of € 375m

Breakdown by production value and public funding to motion pictures and video-tv products in 2017
(€millions and % )

Source: e-Media elaboration
Data referring to the 2017 cinema production budget are based on the report “Tutti i numeri del cinema italiano – Anno 2017” produced by the Direzione Generale Cinema del MiBAC. These data refer to «admissible films» alone, meaning to feature films that actually presented a DIL (Denuncia Inizio Lavorazione), a production start date. Data referring to TV and OTT products are the result of e-Media estimates prepared on the basis of direct consultations with the players. Data referring to public funds for cinema and audiovisual productions are extracted from the report “Tutti i numeri del cinema italiano – Anno 2017” produced by the Direzione Generale Cinema del MiBAC.