{"id":66915,"date":"2023-09-20T07:39:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T07:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/?p=66915"},"modified":"2023-09-20T07:39:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T07:39:34","slug":"the-damage-has-been-done-film-and-tv-producers-escalate-campaign-against-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordcelnews.com\/lifestyle\/the-damage-has-been-done-film-and-tv-producers-escalate-campaign-against-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The damage has been done\u2019: Film and TV producers escalate campaign against cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Save articles for later<\/h3>\n<p>Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.<\/p>\n<h3>Key points<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The NSW government cut incentives to the film and television industry, worth an estimated $60 million annually.<\/li>\n<li>The incentives were originally designed to attract offshore and Australian film and television productions to the state.<\/li>\n<li>Production houses say children\u2019s content and First Nation\u2019s programming will be particularly imperiled as a result.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More than 170 film industry employees gathered in Sydney to launch a campaign against cuts in this week\u2019s NSW budget which they say threaten 85 film and television projects and almost 30,000 jobs across the state.<\/p>\n<p>The screen industry employees, who are part of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), gathered on a sound stage at Disney Studios on Wednesday to unanimously authorise a union campaign seeking to restore funding, in a significant escalation of the budget dispute between the Minns government and the film sector.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.32%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/24119610139e4c07e27f46cf726d226306f5dfb3\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Film industry workers met on a sound stage at Disney\u2019s studios in Sydney to protest state government cuts.<\/span><cite class=\"ojLwA\"><span>Credit: <\/span>Steven Siewert<\/cite><\/p>\n<p>The state budget scrapped three programs credited with bringing films and television series, including Hollywood productions, to the state and supporting visual effects production. The programs formed part of a network of state and federal incentives and rebates utilised by international studios and local producers to create a pipeline of film investment to the state worth hundreds of millions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Screen Producers Australia said the lost funding was worth $45 million to the industry and the withdrawal of a source of funding with no warning appeared \u201creckless to the fate of these businesses and the people they employ\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-seven film production houses responsible for such shows as <em>Mother and Son<\/em> and <em>Colin from Accounts <\/em>have also written to the NSW premier and treasurer, warning children\u2019s content would be disproportionately affected.<\/p>\n<p>The cuts also imperiled First Nation\u2019s filmmaking, a central plank in the federal government\u2019s new cultural policy, they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe union is now planning a series of public actions to wind back the effects of the cuts, and our first step will be targeting MPs, and enlisting audiences and screen industry families and small businesses to point out the necessity of reversing the cuts and the importance of the screen industry to NSW,\u201d MEAA\u2019s chief executive Erin Madeley said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.ffx.io\/images\/$zoom_0.142%2C$multiply_0.7725%2C$ratio_1.5%2C$width_756%2C$x_0%2C$y_0\/t_crop_custom\/q_86%2Cf_auto\/4e613994c445591c00935b8d9672bd5376b6fdb9\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\"><\/p>\n<p><span>Logie-award winning Colin from Accounts. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope to make the most of government deliberations around the mid-year economic budget review in December, if not before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NSW Arts Minister John Graham has acknowledged the seriousness of the situation and restored $5 million for the most critical projects affected. He has promised to work through stranded submissions on a case-by-case basis and in consultation with the sector.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter sent to industry figures on budget day, Graham assured the sector he was working hard to \u201cfix the damage\u201d which he blamed on \u201csecret cuts\u201d made by the former Coalition government 17 days before the election in March this year.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was looking to continue to support the NSW screen industry and ensure it could continue to tell local stories. The NSW sector represents almost half of Australia\u2019s film and production businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Visual effects studio Cumulus, operating in Ballina, said the cuts could jeopardise a pipeline of projects supporting 42 local jobs and much-needed economic stimulus in the flood-hit Northern Rivers region.<\/p>\n<p>Founder Will Gammon he said he had spent more than 10 years building up a crew and infrastructure in regional NSW capable of working on Hollywood blockbusters, such as <em>Elvis<\/em>, based on receiving rebates from the NSW government.<\/p>\n<p>Many companies like his had been notified within days of the cuts being flagged that clients were reconsidering bringing their work to NSW.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe damage to confidence has already been done,\u201d he said. \u201cEven if the cuts were restored tomorrow it would take years to build back confidence back in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe took a huge risk coming to this region, and now provide pathways to jobs never seen in the region, including highly skilled computer graphics jobs for young people straight out of school, and all that is now at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><i>The Morning Edition newsletter is our guide to the day\u2019s most important and interesting stories, analysis and insights. <\/i><\/b><b><i>Sign up here.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Most Viewed in Culture<\/h2>\n<h3>From our partners<\/h3>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/culture\/art-and-design\/the-damage-has-been-done-film-and-tv-producers-escalate-campaign-against-cuts-20230919-p5e5u0.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. 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