Multi-billion-dollar corporations have grown into the corporate behemoths we see today thanks to the hard work and vision of the global creative class. While these international conglomerates have profited off the work of creators, it’s the creative class that struggles to make ends meet. It’s time to recognize the contributions of the creative class by paying them what they’re worth.
While all Canadians are feeling the pinch on their household incomes thanks to skyrocketing inflation, there are other costs downloaded onto performers to shoulder in this Big Squeeze era.
With the explosion of new AI tools being the most recent disruptor in the screen-based media industry, what are the key issues facing performers?
Get to know your sibling ACTRA Toronto members who have stepped up to represent you during 2024 IPA bargaining. Find out why they decided to participate, what they hope to achieve during negotiations this fall, what they have been shocked to learn (so far) and more!
Bessie Cheng and Chase Lo – co-creators and winners of outACTRAto’s Queer Your Stories Short Film Competition 5 – talk about their film, Something’s Phishy, including what inspired them to create it, how it felt to have it screened at this year’s Inside Out Film Festival and more…