Guillermo del Toro, Salma Hayek and Alejandro G. Iñárritu Announce Emergency Fund to Aid Mexican Crew

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Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Salma Hayek and Alejandro G. Iñárritu are among the names who have joined forces to form Sifonóforo, the Audiovisual Emergency Fund, in a response to fund the problems faced by below-the-line film workers in Mexico.

According to the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC), over 30,000 families have lost their source of income, and with the uncertainty of a return to work still looming, “our most vulnerable collaborators cannot continue waiting,” says the statement on the website.

Iñárritu said at the conference that launched the initiative, “Those of us who make films are a fragile tribe, with many people who carry out ordinary jobs that are, in turn, extraordinary in their specificity and the years of preparation it takes to learn them. This pause that we are experiencing endangers this tribe of gypsies who are all of us who make cinema.”

Sifonóforo is made up of filmmakers and actors and intends to join forces with the AMACC and assist people who, day by day, help with their effort and dedication to transform ideas into images.

Workers under a certain salary level can request a one-time payment of approximately $878. Applications can be made via the Sifonóforo website with each case being evaluated on an individual basis. The call is open for two months or until the resources assigned for are exhausted, whichever comes first. There is also a plea for donations on the site.

disappointer on June 12nd, 2020 at 01:42 UTC »

It was weird to see Del Toro and Iñárittu mentioned but not Cuarón, but the third "Amigo of Cinema" is mentioned in the article as being part of the effort, as well (if anyone else was wondering).

BladimirPitten_53 on June 12nd, 2020 at 00:32 UTC »

They have done much more for Mexico than the Mexican government. I love'em.

BunyipPouch on June 11st, 2020 at 22:32 UTC »

According to the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC), over 30,000 families have lost their source of income, and with the uncertainty of a return to work still looming, “our most vulnerable collaborators cannot continue waiting,” says the statement on the website.

Workers under a certain salary level can request a one-time payment of approximately $878. Applications can be made via the Sifonóforo website with each case being evaluated on an individual basis. The call is open for two months or until the resources assigned for are exhausted, whichever comes first. There is also a plea for donations on the site.

Pretty fucking cool.

reposted with a less clunky title