His comments came on the occasion of the opening of the 80th Venice Film Festival Wednesday.

“The Meloni government is working to provide more effective tools for the film and audiovisual industry,” Mollicone said.

Mollicone also said “the government and the majority gave concrete recognition to the world of actors and artists” with the launch of the discontinuity allowance, a payment for workers in the precarious industry.

The allowance is “an important signal for intermittent entertainment and film workers, including administrative employees and technicians,” he concluded.

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