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		<title>Film &amp; Television Producers Thank California Lawmakers for Film Incentive</title>
		<link>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/09/24/film-television-producers-thank-california-lawmakers-for-film-incentive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 20:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Film Works Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As longtime Film Works followers know well, two bills authorizing an extension of the California Film &#38; Television Tax Credit now sit on Governor Brown&#8217;s desk, awaiting his decision and signature.  We&#8217;ve said a great deal here about the important role this program has played in keeping the state&#8217;s film industry competitive, so we won&#8217;t go into that again right ...]]></description>
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		<title>California Film &amp; TV Tax Credit: Defending the State from Runaway Production</title>
		<link>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/09/21/california-film-tv-tax-credit-defending-the-state-from-runaway-production/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 23:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Film Works Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2009, California enacted a Film &#38; Television Tax Credit program to help defend the state from runaway production.  Guess what happened next? In 2010, the decline in on-location feature filming in L.A. increased after four straight years of decline.  Feature film (movie) production days were still down 62% from their high in 1996 (this is up slightly from its ...]]></description>
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		<title>Rhythm &amp; Hues: Special Effects Powerhouse Offers Insight into VFX Industry</title>
		<link>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/08/15/rhythm-hues-special-effects-powerhouse-offers-insight-into-vfx-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Film Works Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1987, six talented California co-workers in the special effects industry decided to make a leap of faith and start their own computer animation and visual effects company.  They decided to name it Rhythm &#38; Hues (&#8220;rhythm&#8221; for timing and &#8220;hues&#8221; for design).  During those early days in 1987, Rhythm &#38; Hues operated with just a single computer in co-founder ...]]></description>
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		<title>Milken Institute Evaluates Damage to California Economy from Runaway Production</title>
		<link>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/07/03/milken-institute-evaluates-damage-to-california-economy-from-runaway-production/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 23:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Film Works Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The venerable Milken Institute recently published another report on California&#8217;s film industry, and its findings are sobering.  In an earlier report, the Milken Institute estimated California had lost no fewer than 36,000 jobs from the late 1990s to 2008 because of runaway production. Now they&#8217;re laying out new numbers that help put that figure in perspective. By 2012, the concentration ...]]></description>
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		<title>California Film &amp; Television Tax Credits: Too Few to Meet Filmmaker Demand</title>
		<link>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/06/13/california-film-television-tax-credits-too-few-to-meet-filmmaker-demand/</link>
		<comments>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/06/13/california-film-television-tax-credits-too-few-to-meet-filmmaker-demand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Film Works Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 1, the California Film Commission (CFC) awarded a new round of film tax credits under the California Film &#38; Television Tax Credit Program. A total of 28 projects was selected by lottery from an initial pool of 322 program applicants.  Capped annually at $100 million, and with its popularity soaring, California&#8217;s incentive program is able to award credits ...]]></description>
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		<title>Three Former CA Governors Make Bipartisan Case for Increasing California Film Incentive</title>
		<link>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/05/11/three-former-ca-governors-make-bipartisan-case-for-increasing-california-film-incentive/</link>
		<comments>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/05/11/three-former-ca-governors-make-bipartisan-case-for-increasing-california-film-incentive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 21:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Film Works Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former California Governors George Deukmejian (R), Pete Wilson (R) and Gray Davis (D) authored a joint editorial in the Sacramento Bee this week urging state lawmakers to extend and increase the California Film &#38; Television Tax Credit.  Now, as in the past, the strong showing of bipartisan support (two Republicans and one Democrat) for the film incentive is evident, much ...]]></description>
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		<title>Film Works Weekly Reel News Update</title>
		<link>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/05/04/film-works-weekly-reel-news-update-2/</link>
		<comments>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/05/04/film-works-weekly-reel-news-update-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 23:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Film Works Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to another installment of Film Works Reel News Update.  If you have thoughts about anything we include here, or if you want to recommend new topics for us to cover in the future, please leave us a comment below. North Carolina Governor Proposes $1 Million Film Training Program, Denies California the Credit it Deserves If you are one of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Film Works Weekly Reel News Update: California Edition</title>
		<link>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/04/20/film-works-weekly-reel-news-update-california-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/04/20/film-works-weekly-reel-news-update-california-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Film Works Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to another installment of Film Works Reel News Update, where we highlight recent news of interest to Film Works supporters.  If you have thoughts about anything we include here, or if you want to recommend new topics for us to cover in the future, please leave us a comment below. Extension of California Film &#38; Television Tax Credit Program ...]]></description>
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		<title>Louisiana Film Officials Confuse Fact With Fiction, Integrity of Industry Data Suffers</title>
		<link>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/02/17/louisiana-film-officials-confuse-fact-with-fiction-integrity-of-industry-data-suffers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Film Works Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the size and importance of the film and television industry &#8212; and not only for California, but for the entire nation &#8212; there&#8217;s a woeful lack of consistent and/or accurate data available about it.  Frustration over this lack of information about a vital US industry was summed up years ago by Professor Martha Jones, of the California Research Bureau: ...]]></description>
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		<title>Independent Report Confirms Success of California Film Incentive</title>
		<link>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/02/02/independent-report-confirms-success-of-california-film-incentive/</link>
		<comments>http://filmworks.filmla.com/2012/02/02/independent-report-confirms-success-of-california-film-incentive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Film Works Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fantastic news for proponents of the California Film &#38; Television Tax Credit &#8212; a new independent report came out this week from The Headway Project and UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (UPDATED: to read the more comprehensive UCLA version of the report, CLICK HERE).  The report authors (who received no entertainment industry funding) largely confirm the findings ...]]></description>
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