The sunshine state has well and truly cemented itself as a leading location for film and television production.
New figures show Queensland’s screen industry injected $465 million into the local economy in the past year alone, including hosting four international productions.
Multiple productions were filmed on the Gold Coast, including blockbuster film Ticket To Paradise, starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts.
Netflix’s A Perfect Pairing, Disney’s Nautilus and Network Ten’s upcoming The Bachelor Australia series also chose the glitter strip as their preferred filming location.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the fantastic 2021-2022 result is continued momentum from last year’s record expenditure in the state, largely due to Queensland’s pandemic measures.
“As the sunshine state opened up from the pandemic, its reputation as an ideal filming destination — backed by a winning combination of incentives, crews, locations and facilities — contributed to a pipeline of feature films like Ticket to Paradise, Wizards! and sci-fi series Nautilus flocking to Queensland,” the Premier says.
“Queensland rode the wave of record-breaking investment in Australian drama by streaming services, with Screen Queensland supporting projects from Netflix, Stan, Disney+, Paramount+, Amazon and more,
“Netflix alone produced four titles in Queensland — Boy Swallows Universe which is currently in production, Irreverent, A Perfect Pairing and True Spirit.”
The state government’s Post, Digital and Visual Effects (PDV) incentive meant that Queensland was able to capitalise on the increase in post-production opportunities as well.
This means that not only are productions filmed in Queensland, but they use the state’s facilities for post-production.
“Within the first 12 months of the increased incentive, 20 projects were confirmed for Queensland post-production facilities across a variety of services including visual effects, animation, editing and sound — boosting Queensland Production Expenditure by 270 per cent since 2019–20,” the Premier says.
“Offering the most competitive PDV incentive on the east coast of Australia at 15 per cent has stimulated unparalleled growth in just 12 months — supporting 13 local businesses, growing employment opportunities and generating millions for the Queensland economy.”
