Comments on: BC Film Subsidies Top $437 Million

By: Visual Effects Artists Revolt, Threaten To “Shut Down" Hollywood | シ最愛遲到.!

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 03:27:47 +0000

[...] studios heavy financial incentives to send their work abroad (British Columbia, for example, spends $434 million a year to subsidize production), many in the industry have been urging California to attempt to compete with similar incentives. [...]

By: Amid Oscars Fanfare, Visual Effects Industry Faces Difficult Times | Insurance For Less

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:33:21 +0000

[...] countries pay millions to subsidize their film industry, including VFX work. Though many U.S. states do offer tax incentives for post-production work, the [...]

By: VES Advocates For More VFX Subsidies | VFX Soldier

VES Advocates For More VFX Subsidies | VFX Soldier — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:07:21 +0000

[...] is currently in the middle of a film subsidy war with Quebec and Ontario. BC spent $437 million last year alone and even that wasn’t enough to stop a 13-year film employment [...]

By: VFX Solidarity / Insult at the Oscars 2013 | Jelliefishie

VFX Solidarity / Insult at the Oscars 2013 | Jelliefishie — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:13:06 +0000

[...] – the blog that started the Oscar demonstration with this comment, beginning “I had a vision tonight. The perfect storm has [...]

By: Charlie, Vancouver

Charlie, Vancouver — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:54:48 +0000

Actor-director Ben Affleck and producer George Clooney’s film, Argo, received $6.21 million in tax credits from the California Film Commission. Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, featuring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, and Tommy Lee Jones, hauled in $3.5 million in tax-free film credits. Silver Linings Playbook bagged a cool $5.6 million.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2013/02/22/as-oscar-nominated-hollywood-moguls-bag-tax-cuts-they-seek-to-raise-yours/

By: Charlie, Vancouver

Charlie, Vancouver — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:50:19 +0000

You wanted to know how US subsidies affected other nations jobs, well farming is a traditional North American career that is massively affected by”unfair” US policies, but as you feel that is not as admirable a career your own, how about aviation/engineering? http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/business/global/01trade.html?_r=0

By: VFX Demonstration Talking Points On Subsidies | VFX Soldier

VFX Demonstration Talking Points On Subsidies | VFX Soldier — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:25:19 +0000

[...] – Last year, the province of British Columbia spent $437 Million to subsidize film production. [...]

By: VFX Soldier

VFX Soldier — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:40:59 +0000

I fully support Canadian challenges against farm subsidies in the US. Anyone interested in starting a kickstarter to fund a challenge? I think we should solve the farm subsidy issue before we address the vfx subsidy issue. It seems we can’t move forward until we stop farm subsidies.

By: Charlie, Vancouver

Charlie, Vancouver — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 01:33:44 +0000

California credit rating: A-, BC Credit Rating: AAA / You want to know an industry heavily subsidized by the US that affects Canadian employment? Let’s start with Agriculture Pal: The primary competition to our local farmers comes from the United States. That country is laying out about $20 billion yearly in direct agricultural subsidies. In Canada, it is zero. On top of the up front American subsidies are many, many billions more in hidden subsidies. For instance, the Army Corps of engineers provides waterworks to supply cheap water to American farmers. There is nothing like that in Canada. When Canada negotiated the Columbia River Treaties, British Columbia got screwed. Our Columbia River water was delivered to farmers in eastern Washington and Oregon by the Corps so that they could set up a whole new apple growing industry with it. Those American farmers were paying $20 an acre-foot for that subsidized water whereas Canadian farmers drawing water out of the very same streams had to pay $160 an acre-foot. Not only did our farmers have to pay many times the cost for the same water, but the US apples ripened a couple of weeks before our apples and creamed off the gravy in our market. The result was an extremely heavy hit to Okanagan Apple growers. They did not recover and tore out most of their orchards. The land went out of food production into vineyards to produce a luxury product not noted for its nutritional value. No one seems to care…”http://islandfarmersalliance.org/?p=153

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 21:22:09 +0000

@mmmtacos - "If this is to be our end, then I would have them make such an end, as to be worthy of remembrance." -- Theoden, Lord of the Rings