Governor Newsom announces final round of 2025 California Film and Television Jobs Program allocations

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View PDFLights, camera, action! Governor Newsom announces 28 new films coming to California, set to boost local economies What you need to know: 28 films have received awards in the latest round of the state’s recently expanded Film & Television Tax Credit Program, celebrating the state’s creative history and the icons that are increasing production activity in California. Collectively, these projects are set to deliver $562 million in total economic activity for communities across the Golden State.SACRAMENTO – Today, Governor Newsom announced that 28 film projects...
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CFC Tax Cr Program 3.0 Year 2 Update

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Dear Local 44 Members,On Tuesday, August 23, the California Film Commission announced its latest allocations.23 feature film projects from a diverse group of filmmakers and storytellers have been selected for this year's tax credits under the CA Film and TV Tax Credit Program. Including projects by Aziz Ansari (“Untitled Aziz Ansari Project”), Kenya Barris (“Untitled Jonah Hill Project” and “...
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CFC Tax Credit Program 3.0 Year 2 Update

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Dear Local 44 Members,On Tuesday, August 23, the California Film Commission announced its latest allocations.23 feature film projects from a diverse group of filmmakers and storytellers have been selected for this year's tax credits under the CA Film and TV Tax Credit Program. Including projects by Aziz Ansari (“Untitled Aziz Ansari Project”), Kenya Barris (“Untitled Jonah Hill Project” and “...
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RTW Agreement Update and Summary

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August 9, 2021The joint Unions (IATSE, DGA, SAG-AFTRA and the Teamsters and Basic Crafts), have reached agreement with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP) on an updated Return to Work Agreement (“Agreement”). The summary below highlights some of the more significant changes to our COVID-related safety protocols. A copy of the full Agreement is also available by...
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COVID-19 Commercial Production Safety and Testing Protocol Agreement

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Below is the link to the pdf file of the COVID-19 Commercial Production Safety and Testing Protocol Agreement through March 15, 2022COVID-19 Commercial Production Safety and Testing Protocol Agreement PDF 
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A Conversation with Oscar Winner Jan Pascale

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Movies loomed large for Jan Pascale.  As a child she took over her parents’ basement where she created a world of make belief by building little sets to go along with her stories, so in a way her storied career started very early.  She just didn’t know it at the time. If you watched “Dracula: Dead and Loving It”, ‘The Flinstones in Viva Rock Vegas”, “Boston Public”, “Training Day...
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68 Whiskey Construction Crew

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We caught up with the Construction Department at Crimson Studios in Chatsworth and Construction Coordinator Randy Childs who walked us through the sets. We bumped into General Forman Dan Colegrove and the Propmaker crew along the way. Childs estimated that he and his crew built over fifty sets for the season including all the miscellaneous sets. His favorite was at Blue Cloud Ranch – “We had the...
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April 2021 Virtual Town Hall Membership Meeting PowerPoint PDF

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L.A. County Protocol for Music, TV, and Film Production: Appendix J

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January 22, 2021The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health has recently updated the Protocol for Music, Television and film Production: Appendix J.Click here to view the January 22, 2021 updated version. 
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