“We are certainly living in interesting times right now,” said Blair Young, president of ACTRA’s Alberta branch, which counts around 1,100 members across the province. “This is an existential fight about the future of our industry and how it’s going to operate and how people can be fairly compensated for working in that industry.”Young said certain American productions being shot locally have been put on hold as the Hollywood strikes halt work on film sets globally.
“One of the things that we need to ensure we continue to do is to market the area as we have been — we’ve seen the accolades,” said Luke Azevedo, Calgary film commissioner with Calgary Economic Development.Damian Petti, the president of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 212 in Calgary, called the strike “epic,” with far-reaching effects. IATSE represents roughly 1,500 behind-the-scenes tech workers in Calgary’s theatre and film industries.
Petti said the strike will affect thousands of Canadian workers and could drag out for a lengthy period of time. But it’s not expected to affect Alberta’s burgeoning film industry any more harshly than other popular filming locales.
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