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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Senator Aubyn Hill
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Senator Aubyn Hill
By Nakinskie Robinson
The much anticipated $1 billion Jamaica Screen Fund was launched on Wednesday under the Jamaica Screen Development Initiative.
The Fund, the first of its kind on the island, is a government initiative aimed at supporting and strengthening the local screen-based industries.
It will support the production of films locally by providing a defined percentage of the production costs up to a maximum contribution for local productions, with other percentages and thresholds for foreign films being shot in Jamaica over a two-year fiscal period, once certain criteria are met.
Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Senator Aubyn Hill said Prime Minister Andrew Holness and the government welcomed the opportunity to invest in Jamaica's orange economy.
"In 2022, JAMPRO reported 148 clients received value added services from the Film Commission. In 2021, that was like US$3.9 million. Last year it was US$12 million and that's going to get better as we get better," he suggested.
Minister Hill added that the sector has been pivotal in providing employment opportunities.
Referencing last week's premiere of the Bob Marley: One Love film, Senator Hill said 400 people were directly employed in the making of the film and some 1,800 others provided support services.
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