Cinema vs. government for entertainment industry cuts
The entertainment industry is up in arms against the government for the fact that it will not recover FUS (Entertainment Fund) monies.
Filmmakers associations AGIS, ANICA, ANAC and Centoautori openly critise that "as the government prepares to host G8, presenting Italy as a country of culture and art, it is striking a fatal blow to Italian culture and art by refusing to adopt the partial recovery of the heavy cuts to the FUS. The associations are announcing a mobilization campaign to inform citizens of the grave situation".
Yesterday evening, during the awards ceremony of the Foreign Press Golden Globes, independent producer Domenico Procacci accused Minister of Culture Sandro Bondi of having lied about funding. "During the live David di Donatello awards ceremony he promised there were no cuts, and then the exact opposite happened,” he said. “FUS has been cut and there isn’t even the cover of the tax credit. The government shows contempt and annoyance towards culture. It makes you feel like doing this job in another country".
Even Cinecittà Luce President Roberto Cicutto intervened in the emergency, warning that "not approving the recovery of FUS funding inevitably blocks most of production with serious consequences not only in the number of films produced, but in terms of employment as well. This is added to the heavy delay in allocating contributions on box office receipts, the cuts in television investment and the lack of renewal of contracts between producers and SKY".
(Translated from Italian)
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