B.C.B次元官网网址檚 film industry will be getting a $42-million boost from the provincial government.

Creative BC CEO Prem Gill said the funding B次元官网网址� which will run over three years B次元官网网址� could not have come at a better time.

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Arts and Culture Minister Lana Popham announced the funding Wednesday (April 19), calling it the largest one-time boost to those industries, which employ almost 120,000 people and generate $5.4 billion into the economy.

About $22 million will go to Amplify BC in order to promote the music industry, while $15.9 million is earmarked for domestic film production, $3 million is set for digital media companies and $600,000 for books and magazine publishing.

Popham said the money will help deal with the effects of the pandemic, which varied from industry to industry B次元官网网址� lingering impacts of COVID-19 include the cancellation of music festivals and halts to local movie sets, but also boosted digital media.

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The announcement took place in provincial legislatureB次元官网网址檚 Hall of Honour, which was turned into a Hollywood North gathering with an appearance from the Mandalorian and Grogu, B次元官网网址� also known as Baby Yoda.

Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal so happens to also stars in the dystopian TV show The Last of Us, whose second season is set to film in B.C., specifically Vancouver, which will double as Seattle.

Attendees of the Wednesday announcement could also learn about other aspects of the film industry, such as visual effects, film makeup, as well as the upcoming TV production B次元官网网址淔arming for Love,B次元官网网址� an unscripted TV series filmed in rural B.C.

wolfgang.depner@blackpress.ca
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