John Barnett: Former South Pacific Pictures Boss on whether the Film Commission is funding the right projects
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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The Taxpayers Union has said that the New Zealand Film Commission needs to stop giving out film subsidies – because they’re not good value.
According to numbers compiled by former boss of South Pacific Pictures, John Barnett, the Film Commission has spent a whopping $88 million of taxpayer money on 54 movies over the last few years. However, they only made $14 million at the NZ Box Office.
John Barnett told Heater du Plessis-Allan “Our stories need by told by us, and to us.”
Barnett said “We should be smarter about what we put our money into.”
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