Coronavirus, Netflix and IFC to support cinema and TV workers

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(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 02 - Netflix and Italian Film Commissions announce the creation of the Support Fund for TV and the cinema in the Covid-19 emergency with the aim of providing short-term emergency support to the workers and workers of the Italian audiovisual industry directly affected by the stop to the productions.
"Netflix - explains a note - makes one million euros available for the establishment of the Support Fund for TV and cinema in the Covid-19 emergency, which will be managed by ItalianFilm Commissions and will be used to support professional Afguard emergency of the television and film industry, such as electricians, editors and make-up artists, whose work has been most affected by the ongoing pandemic. "
"The institution of the Support Fund for TV and cinema in the coronavirus emergency in Italy is part of the broader global initiative that Netflix announced on March 20 - he remembers in the note - with the creation of a fund of 100 million dollars for the support of audiovisual workers, most of whom are dedicated to the workers of Italian Netflix productions - and the rest of the world - affected by the emergency, while 15 million dollars are destined, in countries where Netflix has a large production base, to initiatives with third parties and associations (such as Italian Film Commissions) to support the workers of the audiovisual industry as a whole (not limited to Netflix productions). This global fund is to be added to the two weeks of pay to cast and crew involved in Netflix productions suspended in Italy and throughout the world that had already been granted before the establishment of the foundation ". (HANDLE).