NSW GOVT delivers boost to film industry.
June 27th 2009 05:40
REES DELIVERS $5 MILLION BOOST TO SUPPORT JOBS IN THE NSW SCREEN INDUSTRY
The NSW Government will deliver a $5 million boost to the screen industry in this year’s State Budget attracting $70 million in production expenditure and creating up to 1300 new jobs.
Premier and Minister for the Arts Nathan Rees said the $5 million will go to the State’s film funding body, the NSW Film and Television Office (soon to be trading as Screen NSW).
“This represents a doubling of Screen NSW’s Production Investment Fund which invests in the production of NSW films, television and digital media,” Mr Rees said.
Premier Nathan Rees also announced that the NSW Government has helped secure the making of Underbelly III in Sydney generating over $12 million in film industry work and creating 170 jobs.
Mr Rees said this announcement confirms Sydney as a world class centre for film and television production.
"The third instalment of the highly-successful Underbelly series will start pre- production in late June with filming scheduled from August to December,"; Mr Rees said.
The NSW Government will deliver a $5 million boost to the screen industry in this year’s State Budget attracting $70 million in production expenditure and creating up to 1300 new jobs.
Premier and Minister for the Arts Nathan Rees said the $5 million will go to the State’s film funding body, the NSW Film and Television Office (soon to be trading as Screen NSW).
“This represents a doubling of Screen NSW’s Production Investment Fund which invests in the production of NSW films, television and digital media,” Mr Rees said.
Premier Nathan Rees also announced that the NSW Government has helped secure the making of Underbelly III in Sydney generating over $12 million in film industry work and creating 170 jobs.
Mr Rees said this announcement confirms Sydney as a world class centre for film and television production.
"The third instalment of the highly-successful Underbelly series will start pre- production in late June with filming scheduled from August to December,"; Mr Rees said.
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