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LAS CRUCES STUDIOS - New Mexico

New Mexico * The Land of Enchantment Ready for your next film project

sERVICES AVAILABLE AT THE LAS CRUCES STUDIOS

The beautiful Organ mountains are a great backdrop or filming along side them for a outer space theme.

Las Cruces Studios will be a full service studio. This facility will include many services like,

HD
Film
Digital
Blue-ray
Animation facility
Back lot
Lighting & Grip
Set Construction
Sound and Video Services
Wireless internet service

Currently these services are available or can be contracted by local companies. We have Line Producers that will work with you every inch of the way, to make sure your production is a success. Call us!

Below are important links that you will find useful.

NEW MEXICO'S FILM INCENTIVES

25% TAX REBATE – Download PDF or click on the link below.

FILM INVESTMENT LOAN – Download PDF or click on the link below.

25% FILM PRODUCTION TAX REBATE
New Mexico offers a 25% tax rebate on all production expenditures (including New Mexico labor) that are subject to taxation by the State of New Mexico. This is a refund, not a credit.

FAQs – 25% TAX REBATE

FILM INVESTMENT LOAN PROGRAM
New Mexico offers a loan, with participation in lieu of interest, up to $15 million per project, (which can represent 100% of the budget) for qualifying feature films or television projects. Terms are negotiated and budget must be at least $2 million.

NO STATE SALES TAX
Not to be used in conjunction with the 25% tax rebate.
Type 16 Nontaxable Transaction Certificates (NTTCs) work much like grocery-store coupons. A certificate is presented at the point of sale and no gross receipts tax (sales tax) is charged. (Used primarily for commercials & PSAs)

FILM CREW ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM
New Mexico offers a 50% reimbursement of wages for on-the-job training of New Mexico residents in advanced below-the-line crew positions. New Mexican Supervisors and Keys have the opportunity to hire and mentor qualifying NM crew in advanced positions for this program.

OUR GOAL
We will continue to lobby to the City of Las Cruces to support local film and television production. We want them to give incentives and tax breaks for producers who choose to do productions in Las Cruces

The Depot
The Las Cruces Railroad Museum is located in the historic Santa Fe Depot at 351 Mesilla St. at the intersection of Las Cruces Ave. The museum interprets the impact of the railroad on the Mesilla Valley and Las Cruces.
Great Location!

Las Cruces has a lot of things going for it... great location at junction of Interstates 10 and 25, beautiful backdrop of the Organ Mountains, one of the best climates in New Mexico (and the entire Southwest for that matter), proximity to El Paso, and other attractions: White Sands, Caballo and Elephant Butte Lakes, /state parks like City of Rocks, Ft Selden, Rock Hound, Oliver Lee, /mountains: Gila Wilderness, Black Range (Emory Pass), Cloudcroft, horse racing: Sunland Park, /Mexico: Juarez and Las Palomas. Some really great housing: Telshor, Picacho Hills, great locations for filming. The only reason that filming has been done in the northern part of New Mexico is because, until now their have not been facilities under which to work. COME TO LAS CRUCES TO FILM, IT'S BETTER THAN HOLLYWOOD.

Missile park
displaying a variety of missiles and rockets tested at White Sands. These include everything from the WAC Corporal and Loon (U.S. version of the V-1) to a Pershing II and Patriot. More than 50 items are on display. To view some of the missiles and rockets in the missile park use this link -- Missiles in Missile Park.

The Rio Grande flows from its headwaters in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado for 1,865 miles to the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville, Texas. For 1,250 miles, the Rio Grande is the boundary between the United States and Mexico. In a remote stretch in west Texas, the river makes a curve to the northeast to form the “big bend.” It is here that the wild character of the river lives on.