The Australian federal government said on Thursday that it would provide the film and industry with $34.4 million ($A$50 million) as a post-coronavirus relief measure. The move was announced a day …
Leading local producers including See-Saw Films’ Emile Sherman and CJZ’s Nick Murray, allied with trade organizations to make the case for government to help bridge the gap between the insurers and the screen industry. A similar guarantee, with Euros 100 million of cover, has been made by the French government to support French productions and majority-French co-productions.
SPA estimates that the coronavirus-caused lockdowns affected 120 local productions and over 30,000 working employees, freelancers and contractors. The federal government says its JobKeeper wage support program is injecting $68.8 million per month into the creative industries. But many guilds remain angry that freelance and short-term contract workers are not eligible.
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