Behind the LensFilm Ipswich (Ipswich City Council)

Film Office & Commission

Film Ipswich (Ipswich City Council)

Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Film Ipswich is Ipswich City Council's film office, promoting and facilitating commercial filming across the heritage-rich Queensland city near Brisbane. It offers a free filming permit application process, and a Film Ipswich officer coordinates all required council approvals. In partnership with Screen Queensland, the council has catalogued more than 100 local landmarks into a database of Ipswich film locations; credits include The Railway Man and Don't Tell.

Filming incentives

Rate
30-40% federal + state top-ups
Credit type
Refundable Tax Offset
Min. spend
AUD 500K (PDV); AUD 20M (Location Offset)

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Checked against official sources 23 July 2026

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No direct financial incentive/tax credit. Free film production licence (no permit fee; bond may apply) and streamlined permitting; member of Screen Queensland's Film Friendly Pathways Program. State-level incentives via Screen Queensland.

Official incentive details

Contact & details

ContactDestination Development team (no named commissioner listed)

Filmed here

Productions recorded as having shot in the area Film Ipswich covers.

Title data and poster artwork from TMDB. Sources: each office's own credits page, and filming locations recorded in Wikidata.

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