Ha, ha! Looks like the unimaginable has happened. The predicted campaign to save the UK Film Council has been criticised by the British government. Apparently the scaremongering included saying that British film production would be threatened when the council goes*. Also, it's been reported that the council were spending their own funds on this campaign. So what's this got to do with Irish cinema! Well, we have a film body who are still in existence even though the country is going bankrupt. Also, there's a perception that if the Board goes then Irish filmmaking will disappear too. Will there be a campaign soon to save the Board? Or will Irish taxpayers realise that over €5 million was spent recently on a film that made a few hundred dollars at the American box office?
*Guardian, 17-08-2010
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