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Italian Film & TV Orgs Say Production Is Grinding To Halt Due To Uncertainty Over State Funding & Tax Credits
Italian Film And TV Orgs Say Production Is Grinding To Halt Due To Uncertainty Over State Funding And Tax Credits
Italian film and TV orgs will hold an emergency press conference in Rome next week to discuss the damage being done to their sectors by uncertainty over the future of direct funding and tax credits. The meeting on April 5 in Rome’s Cinema Adriano will gather the members of 14 professional bodies including filmmakers’ org 100 Autori, producer groups Anica and AGICI, Cartoon and the actors’ association Unita. Anica president Benedetto Habib told Deadline that the aim of the meeting was to emphasize the economic and cultural worth of Italy’s film and TV biz – which is made up of roughly 9,000 companies and employs 65,000 people directly – and the urgent need for clarity around the future shape of state funding.
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