Sandiaga Uno Creates 3 Economic Recovery Schemes For Indonesian Films

Sandiaga Uno (Photo by Ig @sandiuno)

JAKARTA - The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Indonesia's entertainment industry, affecting the lives of film workers. The Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia, Sandiaga Uno, is optimistic that the Indonesian entertainment industry can rise.

"We hope that the synergy and support from all elements of Pentahelix (government, academics, business entities or actors, the community and the media) can create innovation and creativity in encouraging economic recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic," said Sandi Uno, quoted from a press statement on Sunday. this, September 16th.

"In order to accelerate the recovery of the creative economy sector, especially the film sub-sector in 2021, Kemenparekraf/Baparekraf will also implement the National Economic Recovery Program (PEN) for the Film Subsector through three schemes, namely the Indonesian Film Promotion Scheme, the Indonesian Film Production Scheme and the Indonesian Film License Purchase Scheme. ," he continued.

They hope that these three schemes can revive Indonesian films in the international arena. "By distributing this aid fund and collaborating with BPI, we hope to provide support for the affected entertainment industry workers," said Chand Parwez, Chairman of the Indonesian Film Agency.

As a form of support, Netflix distributed aid funds of 500 thousand dollars or equivalent to Rp. 7.1 billion given to Indonesian film and television workers who were experiencing the effects of the pandemic. BPI will form an independent committee to determine the film workers who receive the assistance. The process will start from September to November 2021.