Romania × Hungary.
How to structure a Romania–Hungary film or TV co-production: stack Hungary's 30–37.5% cash rebate with Romania's 30–45% cash rebate. Worked $10M example, location strategy and a calculator.
Structuring a Romania–Hungary co-production
Romania's rebate is one of the highest headline rates in the EU and it sits next door to Hungary — a single unit can move between the two with no long-haul travel.
The incentive stack
Romania pays a 30% cash rebate on eligible local spend, rising toward 45% when the production promotes Romania culturally or shoots in specified regions. Bucharest's studio and crew base is large, and vehicle, construction and background costs are low.
Worked example — a $10M budget
| Leg | Spend | Rate | Return |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary (60%) | $6,000,000 | 37.5% | $2,250,000 |
| Romania (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 Romania figure further.
Locations: who shoots what
Transylvania, the Carpathians and the Danube Delta cover gothic, mountain and wilderness exteriors; Hungary carries the stages, urban doubling and the bulk of the certified spend.
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 Romania 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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Related insights
Bring your production to Hungary.
Tell us the budget and territory. We'll model the rebate and plan the floor — and we can arrange to monetize the rebate upfront.
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