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Vote for Michigan at SXSW!  Voting closes Friday!

Film and Creative Industry Partners,

The Michigan Film Office has been approached about an exciting opportunity to promote Michigan on an international stage during a panel at SXSW in 2016 and we need your votes! The panel is focused on how states continue to promote and attract productions to come to their state, in lieu of an incentive or monetary program to leverage. 

As you know, the Michigan film incentive ended last month, but the Michigan Film Office has been hard at work on a number of new initiatives and public/private partnerships which will be rolled out in the coming weeks and months ahead. As the initiatives become public, we will be able to promote them in various ways. The SXSW conference in a perfect venue and international platform to promote Michigan as being a state that fuels the creative economy. 

The panel synopsis:

As states across the country work to attract media production business from traditional media markets on the coasts, of state-funded grants and tax credits are political hot-button issues. State film offices are responsible for myriad other services beyond administering financial production incentive programs, and have a long history of being the first point of contact for production companies when considering taking a project on the road. This panel explores some of the innovative tactics state film offices use, beyond incentives, to create sustainable environments for local production professionals and to bolster their creative economies by attracting new talent. 

The panel is currently undergoing review and part of the process is receiving support and votes from YOU! The public vote makes up a third of how the judges weigh the prospective panels and decide who will be included in the final line-up.  Take a few moments of your time to vote for the Michigan Film Office to be included in this panel. Every vote counts! 

VOTE HERE 

Thank you for your support and for sharing your thoughts and ideas on how to foster and grow the creative industry. Stay tuned for more updates!
 

Sincerely, 

Jenell Leonard

Michigan Film Commissioner
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
300 N. Washington Square | Lansing, MI  48913
Office: (517) 373-3456
MFO@michian.org

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