Three of the seven new independent film projects approved for the latest round of Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credits plan to do their shooting in and around the city of Dayton.

The Ohio Development Services Agency reported Thursday that those three projects are in line to receive a total of almost $2.9 million in Ohio credits for working in the state.

The three and their credit amounts are: “The Tribunal,” $755,000, a love story set in a Catholic marriage tribunal; “A Dog Named Suki,” $1.5 million, an unscripted story shot in Dayton and Columbus during the summer of 2012 about a man’s road trip with a newly found grandson; and “The Do Over,” $633,500, about a man and woman who dated in their youth and meet again when their children fall in love with each other.

Megan Cooper, executive director of Film Dayton, said “The Tribunal” and “The Do Over” are still in the proposal stage, but we’re especially pleased that the Dayton region is a spot where they want to make their movies.”

The new list also includes films to be shot in Canton, the Hocking Hills State Park area of southeast Ohio, Columbus and a location to be determined.

Stephanie Gostomski of the ODSA, which oversees the credit, said the recent announcement that the major film “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” will be shot in northeast and southern Ohio “is only the beginning. These seven are smaller, independent projects.”

Since the Ohio tax credit began in 2010, 44 films, television series and commercials made in the state have tapped the incentive.

Gail Mezey, who is liaison for the Ohio Film Office, said the credit provides a 25 percent rebate for using in-state vendors and equipment and 35 percent for cast and crew.

“We ran out of available credits last year, when $10 million was available, and we expect to do so again in 2012, although we have a total of $20 million available this year,” Mezey said. “We have about $10 million left for this year. We expect to have some more big announcements coming up.”

Cooper cautioned that while the listed films “have qualified for the credit, in many cases they are still speculative at this point. But there’s nothing speculative about what these refunds have meant. They have pushed Ohio near the top nationally when it comes to projects seeking interesting alternative locations and using local talent and crew.”

She said FilmDayton is “specifically encouraged by the opportunity to grow our regional economy through the film industry. The benefit of film production includes cast and crew jobs, and also full hotels, busy restaurants and rented equipment — all supporting our local economy.”

The Ohio Film Office has provided more than $52 million in credits to Ohio productions since 2010 for films that have employed 19,000 Ohioans and contributed almost $205 million to the state’s economy, according to a release from the Ohio Development Services Agency.