While much of B.C.鈥檚 film industry is scoffing at the B.C. government鈥檚 just-announced creative industries funding package, which fails to improve B.C. tax incentives and attract Hollywood productions, the initiative is drawing some support from B.C.鈥檚 domestic film industry association.
Yesterday, the B.C. government announced a $6.25 million package to fund various education initiatives, set up 鈥淐reative BC鈥� to drive a strategy for the province鈥檚 creative industries and support an expansion of Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Many voices in B.C.鈥檚 service film industry, including a vocal contingent among the聽聽supporters, have criticized the announcement, which fails to respond to the service film industry鈥檚聽.
However, the announcement has received some support from the BC Producers鈥� Branch of the 91原创 Media Production Association (CMPA) for the creation of Creative BC 鈥� a non-profit society to create an overarching strategy to cultivate the province鈥檚 creative industries.
Last year, the local CMPA branch was one of a group of associations from B.C.鈥檚 creative industries that聽聽to take a cue from the Ontario Media Production Corp. and set up an organization to build B.C.鈥檚 creative industries forward as a cluster.
Yesterday, following the government鈥檚 funding announcement, the chair of the local CMPA branch, Brian Hamilton, welcomed the establishment of Creative BC.
鈥淭he strategy announced today to work with film, TV, digital media, music, book and magazine industries lays the groundwork to help us better compete with other jurisdictions,鈥� he said.
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