Film and TV incentive in Finland
Finland runs the Finnish Production Incentive: a cash rebate worth 25%. A payment on approved local spend, usually claimed after delivery or in stages. What matters is the queue: most cash rebates run from an annual budget.
The numbers
- Scheme
- Finnish Production Incentive
- Type
- Cash rebate
- Headline rate
- 25%
- Minimum local spend
- €500k Finnish spend; minimum total budget €2.5m for a feature film, €650k for a documentary and €11,500 per minute for series and animation; at least 25% foreign financing
- Cap per project
- No per-project cap stated; eligible Finnish spend is itself capped at 80% of the total production budget
- Funding
- Budget-limited Rolling applications against an annual budget under a decree covering 2024 to 2026. The 2026 budget is €10m, with about €7m still available in September 2026; renewal beyond 2026 is not confirmed.
- Paid
- After completion only, based on audited costs; no advance payment
- Foreign spend qualifies
- No
- Currency
- EUR
What this means for the cashflow
There is an annual pot and a queue. Applying early in the year matters, and a full pot can push a production to the next round. The production carries the gap until the money arrives, and that is a financing question rather than a budget line.
When it pays: After completion only, based on audited costs; no advance payment.
The detail
Administered by Business Finland. Only costs from Finland-tax-liable companies and wages subject to Finnish withholding tax qualify; nationality-neutral. A foreign applicant files through a Finnish production coordinator. Terms effective 1 January 2026.
What you have to submit
Cost breakdown, Finnish part (Excel), Business Finland. Mandatory attachment to the application; the same breakdown is used for the final cost report.
Building the budget first? Use the free film budget template or the Budget Builder, then map it onto whatever the fund asks for.
How it compares
Counted on the best rate a production can reach after tax, Finland sits at number 27 of the 32 European schemes we track (25%). Work out the net value on your own spend, side by side with up to two other countries, in the incentive comparison.
Pays more
Pays less
Other cash rebate schemes
- Netherlands Up to 35%
- Germany 30%
- Portugal 30% / 25% (large track); 30% to 40% (medium track)
- Malta 30% to 40%
- Hungary 30% (up to 37.5% with foreign costs)
- Czech Republic 25% (35% animation and VFX)
- Poland 30%
- Iceland 25% (35% for large productions)
Shooting there
We list 30 places to shoot in Finland and 9 studios, production companies and post houses, each checked on its own site.
Source
Figures taken from Business Finland and checked on 2026-09-05. Incentives change: confirm the current terms with the fund before you commit a budget to them.
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