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Joint Film and Audiovisual Sector COVID-19 Statement 23 April 2020 | Danske Filminstruktører
Te film and audiovisual sector in Europe calls for urgent action by EU and Member State decision-makers to safeguard te future of te sector in te wake of te COVID-19 outbreak, following in te footsteps of initial emergency measures announced at national level, including by film funds and other bodies.
Why does it matter?
We are facing a profound crisis for creativity and culture in Europe – for businesses and for individuals. Our sector is at te heart of Europe’s cultural, creative and social identity and a key contributor to te European economy and employment; immediate intervention is therefore crucial and indeed strategic for European and national unity going forward. Without a firm commitment from European and national leaders, te film and audiovisual sector in Europe will not recover from te unprecedented impact of te health crisis.
Our sector could play a major role in te healing and recovery process that our societies are going to face in te months and years ahead – but only if its basic infrastructure can be saved.
Why is film/AV specific?
Te sector is characterized by its project-based nature and irregular business cycles – a vast interconnected eco-system from project development through creation, financing, production, exhibition, distribution (online and offline), and all forms of broadcasting. Te sector’s activities are driven by numerous individual creators, entrepreneurs, companies of all sizes, including many SMEs and freelancers that have all been thrown into a social and economic crisis as a result of te pandemic. Each segment of te sector from project development, financing, production through exhibition, distribution and broadcasting will have its own specific challenges going forward. Different impacts are experienced in different Member States, including in different parts of each individual Member State.
Te negative impact will not stop when normal activities resume in our societies; rather it will continue through te medium- to long-term due to te long development/lead time nature of te sector.
Although gathering around screens at home has contributed to a sense of unity during te crisis, this has not stopped te current wave of mass job and income losses in te film and audiovisual sector, nor will it translate into recovery of investments, simple resumption of interrupted production, exhibition or distribution activities, or indeed funding for development of future projects.
Urgent financial support now and in te months to come to safeguard te existing film and audiovisual eco-system and te future of te sector in Europe which is suffering grievously because of valid social distancing measures and related societal consequences. Te crisis in our sector will be felt way beyond te confinement period.
Te film and audiovisual sector in Europe can be a conduit and a catalyst for te debates and discussions which will be essential in Europe’s democracies as its citizens come to terms with te consequences of this unprecedented crisis and lay te groundwork for new optimism and confidence in our shared European future.
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