KC Film Office invites you to advocate for the arts and film industry in Jefferson City Tuesday, March 3 (new date) KC Film Office is joining Missouri Citizens for the Arts advocacy day in Jefferson City, and Missouri film industry supporters are encouraged to attend. The Missouri Film Incentive bill(s) are supported by Missouri Citizens […]
Film Tax Credits Legislative Update
Missourinet took a look at potential 2019-2020 legislation, check out to full report here. Long before the new Missouri Legislative session begins in January, lobbyists, lawmakers and activists begin to rally around their respective bills. Here are a few that may live to see another day (or live in another version) in Jefferson City in […]
‘ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN’ DOCUMENTARY HIGHLIGHTING RAPPER OOPS AKA CONGRESSMAN BRUCE FRANKS JR. SET TO SHINE AT TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL
By JASON CORDNER A powerful new documentary follows Bruce Franks Jr., a Ferguson activist and battle rapper who was elected to the overwhelmingly white and Republican Missouri House of Representatives, as he works to overcome both personal trauma and political obstacles to pass a bill critical for his community. The film had its world premiere […]
Movies and TV shows set in Missouri aren’t filmed here, but reboot of incentive program could change that
By Jack Suntrup St. Louis Post-Dispatch JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri hasn’t offered perks for film studios in several years — and producers have taken note, shooting scenes set in Missouri in other, more generous states. But, if it were up to Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, the state would reboot its modest incentive program, with the goal […]
Missouri Film Office Scriptwriting Fellowship 2016
The third annual Missouri Stories Scriptwriting Fellowship Program is seeking Missouri-set screenplays and TV pilot script submissions for its competition fellowship program sponsored by the Missouri Film Office and the Missouri Motion Media Association. Participants need not live in Missouri to enter, but the scripts and pilots must be set in the Show-Me State. All […]
Missouri Film Tax Incentives Update March 2016
On Tuesday March 8, 2016 there was a hearing for Rep. Kathryn Swan’s (R-Cape Girardeau) HB 1645 in the Missouri House Economic Development and Attraction Committee. This bill will re-instate the Missouri Film Tax Incentive program which expired Nov. 2013. MOMMA board members – Joni Tackette and Steph Scupham (also KC Film Commissioner) presented testimony […]