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The board of governors voted on Thursday [7] to establish a new executive structure, replacing retiring executive director Bruce Davis with the former Film Independent head as CEO and long-time Academy executive Ric Robertson as COO.Robertson will report to Hudson in the new leadership tandem and joined the Academy in 1981, rising to second-in-command in 1 stanley cup 989 when he was appointed executive administrator.Hudson has spent 20 years at the helm of Film Independent, the body responsible for the Independent Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival. The Academy is the gold standard for the worlds most influential art form, and I am humbled by what the board of governors, the Academy members, and the staf stanley italy f have accomplished under Bruce Daviss leadership, said Hudson. I am thrilled to have this opportunity to work with Ric, and to carry the Academys mission forward into the future. Having Bruce as a mentor has been tremendously valuable to me, said Robertson. It will serve me well as I move into this new management position and partnership with Dawn, as we help to write the Academys next chapter. Hudson and Robertson will assume their new positions on Jun 1.TopicsAcademy AwardsUnited States No comments Related articles stanley cup News M Cgrt Magnet Releasing buys US rights to Red Cliff
International producers can qualify for 40% rebate of film service expenditures.Colombia is now offering international producers a cash rebate to attract major productions to shoot in the country.The cash rebate is worth 40% on all film service expenditures, and a 20% cash rebate of expenses for hotels, food and transportation.For more than a decade, the Colombia Film Fund has su stanley cup pported local productions and co-productions. Now the country is seeking inward investment with law 1556, passed in July 2012, with its guidelines and regulations just revealed in 2013. Details can be found online at locationcolombia.The initiative is supported by the Ministry of Culture, Proimagenes Colombia and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism.A Colombian film service company must be used and productions must spend a stanley cup t least $500,000 in the country. The government has earmarked about $14m for the funds first year.An expert committee, the Colombia Film Promotion Committee CFPC , will approve projects and there is no cap set for the amount that can go into a single production. The money is put in a fiduciary trust and a production company in Colombia has to spend it, noted Silvia Echeverri [pictured], Colombias Film Commissioner who works under the umbrella of Proimagene stanley cup sColombia. Theres been a lot of interest, people are telling us that Colombia can be the next production hub, she told Screen this week at the Cartagena International Film Festival.The main targets for the incentive wil |
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