Lithuania × Hungary.
How to structure a Lithuania–Hungary film or TV co-production: stack Hungary's 30–37.5% cash rebate with Lithuania's 30% tax incentive. Worked $10M example, location strategy and a calculator.
Structuring a Lithuania–Hungary co-production
Lithuania's 30% incentive is one of the most efficient in the Baltics and its Vilnius old town doubles convincingly for Soviet-era and Northern European periods. Hungary carries the build and the cash rebate; Lithuania carries the specific looks and a fast local incentive.
The incentive stack
Lithuania delivers a 30% incentive through a local donor/investment structure — a Lithuanian taxpayer funds part of the budget in exchange for a tax reduction, which reaches the production as effective cash. Turnaround is quick and administration is producer-friendly.
Worked example — a $10M budget
| Leg | Spend | Rate | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary (60%) | $6,000,000 | 37.5% | $2,250,000 |
| Lithuania (40%) | $4,000,000 | 30% | $1,200,000 |
| Combined | $10,000,000 | 34.5% eff. | $3,450,000 |
Indicative only. Real numbers depend on the qualifying-spend split, treaty status, caps and points tests in each territory. Regional uplifts and top-ups can raise the Lithuania figure further.
Locations: who shoots what
Vilnius and Kaunas play Eastern-bloc, Scandinavian and period Russian; Hungary handles the studio floor, large-scale construction and crowd days.
How Dopamine runs it
As your Hungarian partner — Dopamine Ventures Kft. is a registered Hungarian company — we structure the Hungarian leg to 37.5%, run the cultural test, and coordinate with your Lithuania partner and its funding bodies so the two incentives are additive rather than in conflict. Through partner lenders and banks we can also arrange to monetize the Hungarian rebate upfront. Model this structure in the calculator →
Questions producers ask us
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