An All-Ireland screen policy? Public subsidy and screen employment on the ‘shared island’
Keywords:
Screen Production, Screen Policy, Northern Ireland, Shared Island, Economic DataAbstract
This paper takes a holistic, cross-border view of screen production in Ireland. Following a brief overview of policy history in both Irish jurisdictions, industry data is mobilised to assess the total amount of screen production activity on the island. As each jurisdiction competes with the other to attract incoming production through the deployment of increasingly generous levels of screen subsidy, the economic and cultural objectives of current screen policy are examined. Conclusions address screen employment quality, the decreasing availability of reliable industry data, and possibilities for increased North-South cooperation through the Shared Island policy initiative.
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