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Fear of Funding Woes Push Mexican Pic Producers to TV Productions

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By John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Mexico’s film industry appears healthy, but the question is for how long.

In 2019, Mexican president Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador decimated festival funding. There’s a fear that, as the economy contracts, so will its tax credits, the main source of film sector finance, says Pimienta’s Nicolas Celis, a producer on “Roma.” Such fears have seen the country’s top producers re-engineering operations: many, such as Piano, Woo Films, Pablo Cruz at Canana and El Estudio have moved into TV production.

Some, such as Panorama, have launched more commercial, OTT platform-friendly slates. Companies are also aiming to tap more regular international co-financing, such as Pimienta’s first-look deal with

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