From INCAA they asked to continue the Development Fund “in defense of our cultural sovereignty”

From INCAA they asked to continue the Development Fund “in defense of our cultural sovereignty”

And they added that not only “Audiovisual activity is in danger, but, in addition, theatrical, musical and popular library activities are also directly affected”.

The INCAA He asked the legislators “to take prompt intervention to modify the tax reform approved by Congress in 2017, of article 4 of Law 27,432.”

According to this provision made during the government of Mauricio Macri, both the Film Institute, as well as the Theater, Music and Conabip Institutes, would stop receiving funds directly, resigning their autarchy and the possibilities of developing development policies for their sectors. as of January 1, 2023.

From the INCAA, chaired interim by the producer Nicholas Batlle -vice president acting as president-, recalled that according to the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of Cultural Diversity convened by UNESCO, it was declared that the States undertake to take measures to “provide independent national cultural industries, and to the activities of the informal sector effective access to the means of production, dissemination and distribution of cultural goods and services”.

Lastly, they stressed that the claim “has a federal character”: “The resources allocated to the promotion of cinema are assigned to productions throughout the country, thus guaranteeing audiovisual sovereignty and the plurality of voices in Argentine stories told by the Argentines themselves.

Source: Ambito

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