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With large productions often bypassing 蜜柚直播 to film in states that offer more tax incentives, 蜜柚直播 has shifted its focus to independent films, reality television shows, and magazine photo shoots, said Shelli Hall, director of the 蜜柚直播 film office.

鈥淩un Coyote Run,鈥� a show for FOX鈥檚 Latin America market, was shot here, and just renewed for a second season. Complex TV, a streaming network from Complex Magazine, is currently shooting in 蜜柚直播.

Last year, a film company with offices in Paris and Los Angeles came to 蜜柚直播 to shoot four music videos for French artists. The Discovery Network often films here for segments that include University of 蜜柚直播 faculty; and Neiman Marcus, Williams-Sonoma, West Elm, Calvin Klein and Macy鈥檚 book photo shoots in the region.

While many of the film projects that come to 蜜柚直播 are small, the local film industry still generates dozens of jobs and millions of dollars. The Complex TV shoot generated $800,000 for the local economy when the crew came here for 46 production days.

鈥淟ast year we facilitated $11 million in direct spending,鈥� Hall said. 鈥淲e are on track to beat that number this fiscal year.鈥� She added that through 2015 and 2016, about $9 million was spent in 蜜柚直播.

Hall also said that 鈥淩un Coyote Run鈥� was filmed partly in Sonora, bolstering 蜜柚直播鈥檚 partnership with the region. 鈥淲e have a great relationship we鈥檝e developed over the years because of these cross-border projects,鈥� she said.

Another advantage: 蜜柚直播 is only an eight-hour drive from Los Angeles, in addition to having a dozen flights to and from Los Angeles daily.

Despite the money that is generated by film projects in 蜜柚直播, the lack of tax incentives offered by 蜜柚直播 keep larger productions away.

鈥淲e don鈥檛 have the tax incentives 40 other states are offering to Hollywood,鈥� Hall said, adding that production companies would rather take their business elsewhere, to a state like New Mexico. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 the most important thing they want.鈥�

Councilman Steve Kozachik expressed frustration at the lack of incentives offered to production companies, calling it 鈥渁 big loss to the state economically.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 a big loss to Southern 蜜柚直播 especially,鈥� he said.

蜜柚直播 no longer gets big-name films or TV series, and TV series that were looking at 蜜柚直播 as a place to film have passed on it, according to Kozachik.

He added that 蜜柚直播 has turned itself into 鈥渇lyover country鈥� for the film industry. 鈥淲e鈥檙e losing opportunity, so we鈥檙e losing revenue,鈥� he said.

When production companies choose to film in 蜜柚直播, the money doesn鈥檛 come from the film itself, but from all of the economic activity generated by the film crew, Kozachik said.

鈥淐rews come here and rent hotel rooms, eat at our restaurants, rent cars, build sets,鈥� he said.

Kozachik said he is working with Hall to push the state legislature to begin offering film incentives.

Gov. Doug Ducey reopened the state film office in Phoenix last year after it was closed in 2010, offering hope that the film industry in 蜜柚直播 will grow.

Ornella Jaramillo, a line producer for 鈥淩un Coyote Run,鈥� said that while tax incentives aren鈥檛 offered, 蜜柚直播 officials make up for it with their helpfulness, making the filming process easier for the crew.

鈥淚t was perfect, not only as a location, but as a base camp,鈥� Jaramillo said.

鈥淭hey gave us a lot of options.鈥� She also noted that filming in 蜜柚直播 actually saves money.

鈥淭he permits are free; locations are more accessible,鈥� she said, saying that in other cities, obtaining permits to film is a lengthy and expensive process.