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Argentina’s New President Javier Milei Defunds Film-TV Agency INCAA, Ventana Sur
President Javier Milei’s administration is forging ahead with its plans to defund Argentina's INCAA film institute, film schools and festivals.
The move comes after Milei’s omnibus bill proposed in January, which would have scrapped INCAA, failed to pass, after massive protests and a petition signed by the world’s most celebrated filmmakers made an impact. Hernan Findling, president of Argentina’s Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, said that they recently held a meeting with the newly appointed head of INCAA, Carlos Pirovano, “The resolution is very clear regarding all the cuts to be made in the Institute, which will at least freeze the industry for four months,” he told Variety. “Additionally, the lack of clarity regarding payments owed to ongoing projects seriously jeopardizes the future of production companies, which have lost all economic predictability and are on the brink of bankruptcy, seriously endangering the continuity of the direct and indirect jobs they generate, affecting more than 600,000 families,” it pointed out.
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