Dreamworks animation production workers have officially unionized. In an election with the National Labor Relations Board, IATSE Local 839, and the Motion Picture Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700, in a National Labor Relations Board election.94 production workers who work on television and feature films at the brand voted to join the two IATSE Locals, while[…..] […]
Category: Policies and Regulation
Portugal creates 30% cash refund to attract high-budget international film and TV projects
Portugal has unveiled a 30% cash refund incentive programme to attract higher-budget film and TV productions to film in the country. It is designed to complement the existing cash rebate of 25% – 30%, called the Tourism and Cinema Support Fund (Fatc) but the two cannot be combined. “The cash rebate will be for small[…..] […]
Digital Talent Training Initiativ
In order to give full play to the fundamental role of digital talents in supporting the digital economy, accelerate the formation of new quality productivity, and empower high-quality development, nine departments, including the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Cyberspace Administration of the CPC Central[…..] […]
Guangzhou University City to build low-altitude economic demonstration island
In March this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the Civil Aviation Administration of China and other four departments jointly issued the “Implementation Plan for Innovative Application of General Aviation Equipment (2024-2030)”, encouraging local governments to integrate low-altitude infrastructure into urban construction[…..] […]
Argentinian government suspends state funding to national film body INCAA
The Argentinan government has moved ahead with plans to withdraw all state funding from the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA), the film body that backs the majority of Argentinian films and festivals and events including Ventana Sur (with the Marche du Cannes) and the Mar Del Plata International Film Festival. The announcement[…..] […]
Digital economy is an important force in the construction of digital China
At present, our country is facing many challenges, such as digital divide, data security and so on. Therefore, China needs to more actively promote digital transformation and accelerate the pace of digital construction. Digital China refers to a new era of comprehensively promoting national digital construction and digital economy development based on digital technology and[…..] […]
“Hero” directed by Asghar Farhadi was acquitted by the court verdict
According to the report of Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist, The court verdict in the case of copyright infringement in the movie “Hero” directed by Asghar Farhadi based on the expert opinions of three professors of the University of Tehran, experts and lecturers in the field of intellectual property rights, as well as[…..] […]
UK Screen Alliance welcomes the announcements made in the 2024 Spring Budget
UK Screen Alliance welcomes the announcements made in the 2024 Spring Budget In the Spring Budget for UK, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced improvements to the film and high-end TV incentives, specifically for visual effects (VFX), which will give a significant boost to the UK’s VFX industry, and are as a result[…..] […]
China launches “Artificial Intelligence +”
At the Second session of the 14th National People’s Congress, Premier Li Qiang proposed in the 2024 Government Work report to deepen the research and development and application of big data and artificial intelligence, and carry out “artificial intelligence +”. This is the first time that China’s government work report has proposed “artificial intelligence +”.[…..] […]
Canada Trade Commissioner Service
Take your business to the world with theTrade Commissioner Service! Canada, with the world’s third-largest gaming industry, stands as a gaming powerhouse! Its diverse and innovative gaming community creates a wide variety of content that captures the attention of global investors. The gaming business is rapidly growing worldwide, and Canada is set to keep riding[…..] […]