'Cinema, companies need to grow in size'

For more than a year and a half, the discussion has focused on a tax credit reform that has come to a head, but after an evidently long period of time in which everything has come to a standstill. The tax credit reform has been in the process of being reformed.

I think it was necessary to have a cut-off phase for the tax credit. On the other hand, I believe we must not fall into the error of drawing general conclusions on particular cases. If there have been cases of abuse, they must be considered as particular cases. In any case, there is a clear indication that emerges and that I would like to follow in my term as president.

Which one?

Bringing productions and audiences closer together in the market. This is also the key to accelerating internationalisation. Which is one of the necessary developments for the Italian market.

With which others?

I would add the need for dimensional growth of production companies, facilitating the creation of national 'champions' capable of competing in the world, as has happened in other European countries.

What could politics do?

It has a very important role. First and foremost in creating the conditions for there to be certainty on timing and resources on measures such as, for example, tax credit, but not only.

If we talk about tax credit, there remains the issue of productions that sometimes don't even make it to the theatres.

In the meantime, it should be remembered that under the regulations we are talking about, in the absence of a theatrical release, the work cannot benefit from the tax credit cinema. An adequate narrative of the sector must undoubtedly be reconstructed. This whole tax credit affair has produced a distorted narrative that does not do justice either to Italian cinema, which has great quality, or to a market that has great value both from a cultural point of view and from an economic and employment point of view.