The dichotomy between art and industry is totally dysfunctional in terms of film.
The dichotomy between art and industry is totally dysfunctional in terms of film.
Any new producer starting up is to get investors' confidence. Investors are still very very wary of anything to do with the arts world.
The tensions are always based on financial resources. Something like film is very problematic because it is viewed as an art form and also as an industry with a pure commercial base.
All the arts are predominantly national, and therefore the Australian Film Commission should be funding us. The battle gets more and more vicious each year.
We're under the Arts Council under the Minister for the Arts. The Minister for the Arts and the Minister for Industrial Development have great difficulty in agreeing over who should fund what in terms of film.
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