Economic impact exceeds expectations–at no cost to Mass. taxpayers through FY 2008.
Mass Film Office News - 2009
The MA Department of Revenue (DOR) has reported that new direct spending on film and television production generated by the film tax credit in Massachusetts is $676 million since 2006.
This Sunday, Aug 2nd at 2Pm at the Topia Arts Center in Adams, Diane Pearlman, Interim Executive Director of BFMAC will give a presentation of the pre-production and effects work of the "The Matrix" and other major Hollywood films that has been done here in the Berkshires.
As the Williamstown Film Festival and executive director Steve Lawson make plans for WFF's 11th season this fall, its Board of Directors has undergone major changes.
Topia Arts Center in Adams has installed a new 32-foot screen, high-definition projector and sound system which will be home to the Berkshire Made Film Series that begins on Sunday, June 28. This eleven-week series of free films is devoted to movies with strong Berkshire County connections. This includes films that were shot on location in the Berkshires, films with visual effects produced in the Berkshires, or with Berkshire residents as cast members.
When independent filmmaker Nick Raposo talks about his experience making his debut film “The Play” in the Berkshires, he seems hardly able to contain his astonishment.
LENOX, Even thought we're surrounded by video gadgetry capable of turning our living rooms into virtual home theaters, there's still something magical about the communal experience...
