Film in Latvia.
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Lower crew costs and cash rebates can take your budget further. Compare Latvia with your home country, then run your own numbers.
the estimated crew cost in Luxembourg, compared with Latvia.
Average crew cost per hour
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About these estimates
This is an indicative planning model, not a quote or funding approval. LIAA and Riga Film Fund support are included automatically at their modelled maximums, subject to eligibility, application and available funding. Public support in this model is capped at 50% of eligible Latvian costs, including any minority financing.
The crew-cost index is applied to the budget share you move to Latvia; actual savings vary by script, schedule, cast, crew and cost category. The rest of your budget is kept unchanged. Minority financing uses an illustrative amount of up to €100,000 and shares the aid ceiling with the Riga allocation; it is not an extra cash rebate.
Methodology and programme details
The supplied comparison dataset combines surveys, minimum rate cards and observed market rates from different years. These are rough crew-basket comparisons, not like-for-like whole-film quotations. Latvia’s reference rate is €24.09/hour. For Luxembourg: Freelance day-rate survey, inflation-adj., 2024.
LIAA is modelled at 30%. Riga is modelled at 20%, or 25% for a qualifying Riga storyline, with an illustrative maximum allocation of €800,000. The €800,000 figure in the supplied model comes from the fund’s published annual budget; it is not a confirmed per-project entitlement. With LIAA included, the shared 50% ceiling can limit both the Riga and minority amounts.
Minimum budgets, confirmed financing, applicant requirements, cultural criteria, filming location and application windows must be assessed for each project. The storyline answer alone does not establish eligibility.