Will Trump’s film tariffs mean lights, camera, inaction for the world’s studios?
While it is unclear how film tariffs would be enforced, suggestion of new duties on non-US productions has put industry in panic mode
It has been months since Serbian make-up artist Jovana Vukosavljevic was last on set for a US film.
Once a favoured shooting location for studios looking to keep costs low, projects have all but evaporated in the Balkan country since mass protests broke out late last year.
“It’s a nightmare. How can you shoot Emily in Paris in Texas?” Vukosavljevic said. “It’s already a bad situation. It will get much worse.”
With or without an additional tax on the film industry, Trump’s trade policy is already having an effect. A major French production company lost funding from a Chinese partner for an American project after the sweeping tariff announcement on April 2, a source at the company told the Post.