Screen Industry Guild: Subsidies dump direct foreign investment into economy

22/07/2021 8 min
Screen Industry Guild: Subsidies dump direct foreign investment into economy

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Following revelations They Are Us director Andrew Niccol did not want Jacinda Ardern's Office to read script, which could get $20m taxpayer funding, Wellington Mornings Host Nick Mills asks should the government be subsidising films at all. President of the Screen Industry Guild Brendon Durey argues there are a host of reasons for taxpayers to chip in for film-making in New Zealand.LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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