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Government vows to throw weight behind film industry

Source: IOL, 23/07/2018


Durban - Minister of trade and industry Rob Davies said on Monday that
the South African government was committed to supporting the film
industry in order to ensure that it continues to contribute to the
country’s economic growth, creating jobs and telling South African
stories to the world.
`As a department, we recognise that like in other sectors, one cannot
be a successful player in the film industry if there are no incentives
to support the industry. In order to ensure that our incentives are
competitive and relevant to the needs of the industry, we have
conducted a review to see what revisions were necessary,` Davies said.
`We assessed the incentive programme, with extensive participation
from industry and partner stakeholders in government, in order to try
to be competitive, and to ensure that the incentives support the
development of sustainable value chains and inclusive ecosystems. We
are looking forward to seeing more new productions, including
productions that will find their way onto the world stage.`
Davies was speaking at the launch of the revised guidelines of the
Department of Trade and Industry’s (the dti) film and television
production incentives which took place at the Durban International
Film Festival.
The revised foreign film and television production and post-production
incentive facilitates growth of the sector, building on shooting
location advantages as a quality service provider for both local and
international shoots. The new guidelines will be effective from 1
September 2018.
African News Agency (ANA)


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