It's also three times more than the Creative New Zealand budget, which funds all our dance, literature and theatre. A good local example of this would be billionaire filmmaker Peter Jackson, who has long been a beneficiary of the Government's various film subsidies. The release of the new Lord of the Rings film coincides with calls from the video game industry for more support from the Government. Photo / Michael Craig"It requires you to have a very exceptionalist view of the film industry to just give it to them," says Nippert. "It's really that the film industry has almost become too big to fail."

Source: New Zealand Herald August 25, 2022 00:34 UTC