Baltimore Film Office

The Baltimore Film Office wants to make filming in Baltimore City easy by providing your production with the following services:

Free project registration
Free use of selected city properties and locations
Streamlined permit process and fees
Parking passes for location scouts
Discount parking rates at selected locations and parking facilities

Maryland Employer Wage Rebate Grant Program:.
This program allows a qualified production company to claim a rebate in an amount up to 25% of the total direct costs incurred in the State while filming on location for qualifying film and television productions. Employees earning $1 million or more are excluded. Rebates are funded by an annual appropriation. The rebate is distributed in the form of a grant.

To qualify, the production must incur at least $500,000 in total direct costs in the State and at least 50% of the production’s filming must occur in Maryland. In addition, the production must have nationwide distribution. Applications are made to the Department of Business and Economic Development. Grant recipients will be selected by the Secretary of t he Department based upon merit and economic benefit to the State.

For further details, please contact:
Maryland Film Office
800-333-6632 or 410-767-6340

Maryland Tax Incentives:.
An exemption from the 6% state sales tax is available to qualified feature, television, cable, commercial, documentary, music video, etc., projects. For more information, call the Maryland Film Office or visit them on the web: www.marylandfilm.org and click on Maryland Tax Incentives.