YNOT EUROPE – A proposal to subsidize Hungary’s arthouse film industry by levying a 3-percent tax on pornography lensed in the country is gaining substantial bipartisan support, sources inside the country’s parliament said.

At the same time, a 20-percent tax abatement for foreign films shot in Hungary has raised the country’s profile significantly with mainstream American and European studios seeking locations, according to Filmiroda, Hungary’s national film office.

The proposed 3-percent porn tax has the backing of two primary spokespeople for their respective political parties: Laszlo Simon, a member of parliament for the majority center-right Fidesz party, and Gergely Karacsony, an MP from the liberal minority LMP. Both leaders said their parties support the legislation in principle, but details still need to be worked out.

Karacsony’s party also supports a 3-percent tax on multiplex revenues.

In recent years, TV miniseries including World Without End and The Borgias and features including 47 Ronin have contributed 21 billion Hungarian forint (about 70.4 million euros or U.S. $98 million) to Hungary’s economy. Brad Pitt’s new feature, World War Z, is filming in the country now and stands to add another several million forint.