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Development.
Production. People.

Development, production planning, and local connections in New Mexico and California.

01 / DEVELOP

Development

Screenplay development, character work, and producing support.

02 / PRODUCE

Production partnerships

Production planning in New Mexico and California, with location connections across the Four Corners.

03 / CONNECT

Local connections

Connections to New Mexico crews, actors, talent agencies, and casting professionals.

Discuss your production

FARMINGTON ROOTS. NEW MEXICO OPPORTUNITY.

Bring production home.

We champion New Mexico’s world-class crews and talent. Working with San Juan County, Film New Mexico, and the City of Farmington, we help connect productions to the Four Corners.

Local resources & incentive planning ↗
Sculpted rock formations beneath a twilight sky in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness
Bisti/De-Na-Zin WildernessPhoto: Sherman Hogue / BLM · Source · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped
Shiprock rising above the high desert plain of the Navajo Nation, New Mexico
Shiprock · Navajo NationPhoto: Christian David · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped

PEOPLE & CONNECTIONS

New Mexico talent.
Industry reach.

World-class actors, filmmakers, and crews call New Mexico home. We bring local relationships and national industry connections to the work, helping each production find its people.

Creative collaborators

PRODUCER

Leah Robson

Producer and founder of Quarter Twenty Productions, bringing narrative filmmaking and virtual production experience to our creative network.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Leonidas “Leo” Jaramillo

A cinematography collaborator whose work includes MiNE and Stand/Still, alongside narrative, commercial, and virtual production projects.

New Mexico talent resources

Explore these agencies and the talent they represent. Each agency handles its own submissions and inquiries. Inclusion here does not imply representation or endorsement.

Connected beyond the Southwest.

We help productions explore crew, casting, and creative-team options in New Mexico and beyond. Introductions and engagements depend on the project, availability, and separate agreement.

Build your team

THE SAN JUAN COUNTY ADVANTAGE

More on screen.
More opportunity here.

Build your production in the Four Corners—with refundable tax credits, local talent, and room to grow.

Shiprock rising above the high desert plain of the Navajo Nation, New Mexico
Shiprock, Navajo Nation

Photograph by Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped

Production tax credits

New Mexico offers refundable film-production tax credits on qualifying expenditures. A 25% base credit and available uplifts may bring eligible expenditures to a combined rate of up to 40%, subject to program requirements and state review. A headline rate does not apply automatically to a project or its entire budget.

Qualifying expenditures in New Mexico’s Uplift Zone may receive a 10-percentage-point uplift. A separate 5-percentage-point uplift may be available for qualifying use of a state-approved production facility; restrictions apply, and the facility uplift cannot be combined with the television series or pilot uplift.

Crew training support

Separately, eligible productions may qualify for reimbursement of up to 50% of approved New Mexico trainee wages for up to 1,040 hours through the Film Crew Advancement Program. Advance application, an executed program agreement, approved trainees and mentors, and other program conditions apply.

We help organize production-planning questions and documentation. The responsible state agencies determine program eligibility; tax, accounting, and legal advice should come from qualified advisers.

A practical place to build.

San Juan County’s low cost of living and Farmington’s competitively priced public power make the region worth a close look. We plan around actual housing, location, and utility quotes—and put local hiring and local spending at the center of the conversation.

Explore the regional economy

Clear accounting.
No bullshit.

We aim to be one of the best companies to work for. Our commitment: transparent budgets, written rates and terms, timely pay, safe sets, and straight answers. Respect for the crew, the community, and every dollar entrusted to the production.

Explore New Mexico production resources