As part of the health emergency by the coronavirus, President of the National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA) Luis Puenzo a statement addressed to all entities of the audiovisual industry.

In its, Puenzo started saying it is no doubt "that the sector is in emergency. It was already before the pandemic, so we said at the time ". The manager also stressed note "date 14 March 2020, before the appearance of the coronavirus, in line with the judicious initial measures of the national government, we recommend “those responsible for filming and other production tasks strict adherence to preventive measures”, and then priority. We also inform that we were evaluating the impact of these events on revenue Film Development Fund and the consequences on the financial capacity of the Institute during the year ".

"A few days later, revenues fell to zero halls. And we estimate that from the Enacom also decrease significantly. No one can ignore the INCAA, as part of the film industry, suffers serious emergency ", He wrote Puenzo.

Regarding the "claim “the urgent declaration of a state of emergency in the film industry”, although we do not agree with the need for gesture, we will do it, within the framework of emergency declared for the year by the National Government through Law No. 27.541 and decrees as 260/20 and the 297/20 Among other consequences of isolation prevent filming and suspend administrative delays ".

President of the INCAA recognizes "as we point out the letters of the Entities, it will be months until we get back to normal. And while it is not possible to solve this crisis INCAA we are working with the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Production, which recognizes cultural industries among the areas most affected. We develop programs for older adults in Cine.ar and the Cinear Play platform and hindered films premiering in theaters may do so through these means. The committees work online when the administrative day off rises ".

Finally, Puenzo thanks "initiatives such as forming a Crisis Committee or help solve problems recognized by appealing to the working capacity of our teams. We make ourselves available to meet industry proposals correspond to the powers of the INCAA and manage belonging to the scope of the Ministries ".