Plan To Axe Screen Funds Is “Disaster” For NSW TV And Film Industry, Says Australian Producers Body
deadline.comPlans to axe several screen funding programs in Australia are “hard to comprehend” and will be a “disaster” for the country’s film and TV industry, the country’s producers body has warned.
The New South Wales government, which presides over Sydney and its surrounding areas, is planning to cut a number of existing programs, including the Made in NSW Fund.
The program funds domestic high-end TV and features and has been credited attracting overseas investment into local productions.
The likes of local drama Mystery Road, Mad Max 2: Furiosa, Mother and Son, Disney+’s The Artful Dodger and Thor: Love and Thunder have benefitted from the fund, which Screen Producers Australia says created “jobs and multiples of economic activity in in Sydney and regional areas of the state.” Also impacted by the cuts are the Post Digital and Visual Effects and the Digital Games Development Rebate Program, both of which will see funding cut. “This cut is a disaster for screen practitioners both here in NSW and beyond.
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