Lisandro Martinez is poised to return to the Manchester United squad for the first time in eight weeks against Brentford.
13.03.2024 - 10:29 / variety.com
Anna Marie de la Fuente Argentina’s right-wing populist president Javier Milei is forging ahead with his administration’s plans to defund the country’s film-TV institute INCAA, which will adversely impact national film festivals such as the Mar del Plata and federal aid for national film releases, state-run cinemas and film schools, among others. It also jeopardizes the prominent Buenos Aires-based film and TV market, Ventana Sur, which is jointly organized by INCAA and Cannes’ Marché du Film.
A March 11 communiqué from Argentina’s Orwellian-sounding Ministry of Human Capital stated that the Culture Ministry had discovered a deficit of $4 million dollars at INCAA and therefore has resolved to dramatically cut the institute’s expenses, “suspending transfers to the provinces, international travel, funding for festivals, payment of overtime, hiring of mobile telephony, per diems, and other expenses.” “Furthermore, with the aim of reducing the $8 million allocated to staff salaries, no contract for work leases expiring on March 31 of the current year will be renewed,” it continued. The move comes after Milei’s omnibus bill proposed in January, which would have scrapped INCAA, failed to pass, after massive protests and a petition signed by the world’s most celebrated filmmakers made an impact.
Hernan Findling, president of Argentina’s Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, said that they recently held a meeting with the newly appointed head of INCAA, Carlos Pirovano, “The resolution is very clear regarding all the cuts to be made in the Institute, which will at least freeze the industry for four months,” he told Variety. “Regarding Ventana Sur, we firmly believe from the Academy that it is an Argentine stronghold (along
.Lisandro Martinez is poised to return to the Manchester United squad for the first time in eight weeks against Brentford.
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The government of Javier Milei, Argentina’s far-right leader, has pushed through highly controversial plans to defund all state funding to the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA), the country’s national film body.
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