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The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t slowed down independent film production, as evidenced by the flood of new titles on offer at the Cannes market, but the lack of COVID-19 insurance is making it harder, and more expensive, to get movies made. – The Hollywood Reporter

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA has adopted strict new guidelines for employers who may soon make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory as a condition of employment. To date, vaccinations of casts and crews are not mandatory on film and TV productions under the industry’s return-to-work protocols, which expire June 30 and are currently being renegotiated by the major companies and Hollywood’s unions. – […]

“The current contract was scheduled to expire April 30, but the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and the industry’s top guilds — including SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, the DGA, the Teamsters and the Basic Crafts — have agreed to keep the current protocols in place for another few months. That will give them more time […]

LD 1334, An Act To Promote Economic Development through Increased Film Incentives SUMMARY that appears at the end of the bill as printed: “This bill makes multiple changes to the tax credits available to visual media production companies operating in the State.  The bill makes the available tax credits refundable, increases the credits for certain […]

Monday, May 10, 2021, from 7:00 – 8:30pm The panel, moderated by MFA Advocacy Committee Chair Louise Rosen, consists of the bill’s legislative sponsor, Representative Suzanne Salisbury of Westbrook; the citizen advocates behind the bill, Erik Van Wyck and Daniel Stephenson; and a certified public accountant who specializes in film incentives, Irene Wachsler. They will […]