1
Package and Presales
Genre-forward projects are packaged with cast, director, budget, and a sales agent. Presales and MGs are contracted before equity is committed.
Hidden depth & gentle execution
a multi-jurisdictional media fund
For over 100 years, mainstream film and television have shown Muslims almost exclusively as villains. That sustained dehumanization has made it possible to look away from decades of slaughter, suffering, and subjugation.
Changing the narrative is a necessary ethical correction. It is also a viable commercial investment, because the films and shows audiences already watch are made across countries where longstanding government credits reduce the capital at risk. Batin Lateef places Muslim humanity inside these mainstream titles, subtly and over the long haul, toward empathetic visibility and a target profit.
We Leverage Treaties to Drive Visibility
Batin Lateef is a $12M multi-jurisdictional media fund dedicated to financing a commercial genre-forward slate (thriller, horror, sci-fi, action) plus selective prestige titles. By structuring productions across Canada, South Africa, Australia, Thailand, Ireland, and other jurisdictions, we reduce risk by holding private equity exposure to up to 25% of project budgets while targeting a 7-8% annual target profit rate plus backend AGP participation, delivering premium commercial entertainment with nuanced Islamic presence.
In a market where many funds pass capital and step back, we stay in the work. As mezzanine equity partner and executive producer on every project, we manage treaty compliance, production finance, and delivery in house. Our team combines line producers, distribution strategists, and institutional capital partners who have shipped commercial slates to streaming and theatrical windows.
Batin Lateef champions empathetic visibility through the art of the unsaid. We reject tokenism and overt didactic storytelling. Instead, we embed ethical underrepresented Islamic heritage into the quiet spaces of mainstream cinema through a character's background choices, ancestral subtext, and subtle moral compasses. Selective prestige titles follow the same standard.
The depth is hidden (Batin). The execution is gentle and nuanced (Lateef).
Reduced Risk Through Ultimate Delivery
We finance slates where treaty arbitrage, presales, and genre velocity align. We do not chase volume. Structure first, then story.
Once capital is deployed, we remain active through delivery and recoupment. When a slate performs, we scale the architecture across the next production cycle rather than diluting the model.
Jurisdictions
Global Incentive Map
Countries offer production rebates to fuel employment. The programs are government-backed and have been pressure-tested for over 30 years. Batin Lateef leverages them across multiple jurisdictions to reduce risk.
Choose a jurisdiction to read its headline rebate.
Canada
40%+
Federal CPTC plus provincial credits
A labour stack, not a share of the budget. Provincial assistance reduces the federal 25% base. Ontario 35% and British Columbia 40% of labour, Québec 25% of spend, Alberta 22% of costs, Manitoba 45% of salaries.
Canada. 40%+. Federal CPTC plus provincial credits
- Canada: 40%+. Federal CPTC plus provincial credits. A labour stack, not a share of the budget. Provincial assistance reduces the federal 25% base. Ontario 35% and British Columbia 40% of labour, Québec 25% of spend, Alberta 22% of costs, Manitoba 45% of salaries.
- Colombia: 40%. Fondo Fílmico Colombia cash rebate. 40% of audiovisual-service expenses and 20% of logistical-service expenses incurred in Colombia. The 2026 cap is COP 3,340,196,500 (USD $907,662). Eligible services are carried out in Colombia and contracted from Colombian residents. The call stays open until funds are exhausted.
- United Kingdom: 34%. Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC). 34% of qualifying expenditure for films and TV programmes other than children's programming, animation, and certified independent films, which can qualify at higher rates. The credit is taxable.
- Ireland: 32%. Section 481 film corporation tax credit. 32% of the lowest of eligible expenditure, 80% of total production cost, or €125 million. An enhanced 40% rate can apply to qualifying lower-budget films and to a capped band of visual-effects expenditure.
- Australia: 30%. Post, Digital & VFX (PDV) Offset. 30% of qualifying Australian PDV expenditure. Minimum spend and a final certificate apply. The Location Offset and Producer Offset are separate programs.
- France: 30%. Tax Rebate for International Productions (TRIP). 30% of qualifying expenditure incurred in France, capped at €30 million per project. The rate is 40% when qualifying French VFX expenditure exceeds €2 million.
- Hungary: 30%. Hungarian film incentive. 30% rebate on eligible Hungarian production expenditure, administered by the National Film Institute. The incentive can extend to 37.5% of eligible production expense when a capped portion of non-Hungarian costs is included.
- Thailand: 30%. cash rebate on all production. Thailand Film Office cash rebate. Official guidelines calculate the rebate between 15% and 30% of qualifying local spend, depending on expenditure level and additional criteria, with 30% as the maximum.
- South Africa: 25%. Foreign Film and Television Production Incentive. 25% of Qualifying South African Production Expenditure for location shooting, subject to a cap. An additional 5% of QSAPE may apply when post-production is completed in South Africa using a Black-owned service company.
- New Zealand: 20%. New Zealand Screen Production Rebate. 20% of Qualifying New Zealand Production Expenditure for international productions. A further 5% uplift, to 25%, is available when additional criteria are met.
Equal Earth projection. Indicative headline rates only. Eligibility, caps, minimum spend, and certification requirements apply and vary by project.
The architecture in motion
How Capital Moves Through Batin Lateef
Five stages. Each one reduces risk for the next. Presales and incentive eligibility are secured before equity is committed.
2
Incentive Eligibility
Productions are structured to qualify for the relevant national incentives; eligibility is confirmed and gap financing terms are in hand pre-production.
3
Equity Commits
Mezzanine equity fills the remaining gap (up to 25% of budget) and closes the financing stack.
4
Production and Delivery
Batin Lateef is an executive producer on every project, with full visibility and input across the lifecycle, managing treaty compliance, production finance, and delivery. No passive capital.
5
Recoupment and Upside
Certified incentive rebates, presale and MG revenue, and broadcaster fees flow through the collection waterfall; backend participation of up to 50% applies when the slate performs.
Fund structure
Target architecture
$12M
Fund target (rolling close)
Up to 25%
Private equity exposure
7-8%
Annual target profit rate
4.0x
Soft-money ratio
Up to 50%
Backend participation
The 7-8% annual target profit rate is contingent on fund performance, not a guaranteed coupon. There is no preferred return to limited partners. The total investor backend pool is 50% per project. When Batin Lateef is the sole equity investor on a project, the fund captures up to 50% of backend participation. When co-investing, backend participation scales pro-rata to equity position.
Investment architecture
Structure. Velocity. Depth.
The fund finances a commercial genre-forward slate (thriller, horror, sci-fi, action) plus selective prestige titles. Every project runs on three layers: multi-jurisdictional incentive design, commercial genre packages, and character-led storytelling. Each layer is built on its own terms. Together, they form a single recoupment path.
The full arc
From Treaty Stack to Empathetic Visibility
Every investment begins with structure and ends with a story that reaches someone.
Treaties reduce exposure. Genre packages drive commercial velocity. Character depth earns audience loyalty that outlasts opening weekend.
Batin Lateef sits at the junction: institutional capital on one side, empathetic visibility on the other. Hidden depth in the architecture. Gentle execution on the screen.