The government delegate in Galicia, José Miñones, visited this morning the cinemas Cinesa As Cancelas, in Santiago de Compostela, to supervise the support of the Government of Pedro Sánchez to the cultural industry and the cinemas of Galicia. The delegate valued the economic injection of more than half a million euros with which the Ministry of Culture and Sport is promoting the activity of 29 cinemas in Galicia that add up to about 200 rooms.
“This government protects our culture and advances in the competitiveness of our audiovisual industry throughout its chain,” said José Miñones. During his visit, in which the subdelegate in A Coruña, María Rivas, also participated, he was accompanied by the territorial manager of Cinesa, Benito Manuel Caamaño, and the manager of Cinesa As Cancelas, Carlos Chao.
The delegate stressed that the audiovisual sector is strategic in the Galician cultural industry and also alluded to the contribution of 2.5 million euros from the Government to six producers in Galicia for the production of five films. “We support the future of our cinema,” he said.
Cultural Bonus
José Miñones congratulated Cinesa for its capacity and innovation and its effort to attract new audiences. In this regard, he announced that a new call for the Young Cultural Bonus will be opened soon, in which the Ministry of Industry has budgeted direct aid of 400 euros for the more than 23,000 young people who this year reach the age of majority in Galicia. The delegate encouraged the youth to apply for these vouchers to go to the movies, to the theater, to festivals or to buy in bookstores, music or video game stores, among other possibilities. He also called on the companies of the cultural industry of Galicia to join this program, as Cinesa already did, so that young people can invest the bonds in their businesses and benefit from the economic injection of more than nine million euros that is measured in Galicia.
New regulatory framework
“The Government of Pedro Sánchez protects culture and promotes its access with actions such as the Cultural Bond and different lines of support to the industry,” he stressed, and added the impulse to a new regulatory framework with the recent approval of the Statute of the Artist and the Project of Law of Cinema and Audiovisual Culture.
The delegate defended that “taking care of our cultural industry is taking care of our future” and advanced that “this clear commitment of the Government to culture will continue”.