Film Commission welcomes the entertainment industry to Otsego County

Film Commission welcomes the entertainment industry to Otsego County

A newly formed film commission hopes to bring business from the film industry to Otsego County.

Film coop has launched efforts to attract film and productiobu.

Newschannel 2's kirk tupaj tells us all about it.

Getting access to film producers is more difficult now than ever before.

The newly launched film commission 'film coop' is working to get those film producers to come to otsego county.

Board president greg klein tells me otsego county was the only area of the state not taking advantage of state incentives.

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None sot: greg klein, board president 'film coop' all over the country and really all over the world people were offering tax credits for entertainment business to come into their area and make movies, make tv, make whatever.

Nat sot: you know what, i'm ready to go.

I think we can do better& the state will reimburse film makers millions of dollars in tax credits for producing a film in new york.

Sot: greg klein, board president 'film co' it is aittle bit controversiabecause sompeople dn industry, but it's really the way the film industry works now.

The cooperstown, oneonta, otsego county film partnership inc.

Ait's official known to some timto get off thegrounds being entirely run by volunteers.

Sot: greg klein, board president 'film coop' we did file, you know get together as a board.

We formed as a board.

We filed with the state.

We filed our name.

There was a big back and forth.

We couldn't use film coop because they were afraid it would be like co-op, so that's why we filed the longer name, and then we filed a dba for film coop.

Sot: kirk tupaj film coop is a not-for- profit organization, so by lth're not y money.

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