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Preliminary film production study: incentivized production delivered about $64.6 million in GVA; final report due in about two months

2865299 · April 3, 2025
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Consultants presented a preliminary film production study finding that incentivized productions have delivered about $64.6 million in gross value added to Arkansas between FY2014 and FY2025 and offered recommendations including incentive reform and expanding the Arkansas Film Commission.

Marty Garrity of the Bureau of Legislative Research introduced a preliminary report from consultants who conducted a film production study in Arkansas. The consultants said their first draft includes findings from interviews with more than 30 industry participants, supply‑chain actors, training providers, legislators and filmmakers, and an initial economic analysis of production activity that used the state's incentives between fiscal year 2014 and fiscal year 2025.

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