Screen Production Incentive Fund
The SPIF criteria, FAQs, the guidance notes and points framework around Significant New Zealand Content, and the applications for provisional and final certification are all available for downloading below. All applicants are encouraged to apply for provisional certification before commencing pre-production of their project.
The SPIF Criteria and FAQs were reviewed and updated on 10 October 2011 but the Criteria dated 24 December 2010 and/or 1 July 2008 will still apply to some applications – please contact the NZFC for a copies of the previous Criteria.
Please make sure you download the latest copy of all these documents before using them as updates are made from time to time.
AUDITORS
As stated in paragraph 101 of the SPIF criteria, all applications for final certification must include an audited expenditure statement of all costs claimed as QNZPE prepared by an independent auditor. The following Auditors have been pre-approved by the NZFC:
- Ernst & Young
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Grant Thornton
- Staples Rodway
- KPMG
If you wish to use a different auditor then please provide details of that auditor to the NZFC for approval.
SPIF COMMITTEE
A sub-committee of the NZFC, with the assistance of external consultants, will consider all provisional and final applications. This committee comprises:
- NZFC Board Members: Andrew Cornwell and Rhiannion McKinnon
- NZFC Staff: Naomi Wallwork, Graeme Mason and Mladen Ivancic
- Independent Screen Production Industry Professionals: Trishia Downie, Vincent Burke, Sue Rogers, Sharon Menzies and Richard Fletcher
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