Cyprus looks for a piece of the action with ‘Olivewood’ movie industry
The island nation is wooing international film makers as a sunny and cheaper alternative to Los Angeles
Technicians on the set of SOS: Survive or Sacrifice in Cyprus
Credit: MATTHIEU CLAVEL/AFP
The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is shooting for the stars in its latest bid to attract investment, offering “aggressive” incentives to promote a fledgling film industry the locals dub Olivewood .
In an effort to woo international movie makers, the government is offering cash rebates of up to 35pc to production companies, with further tax discounts on the table for infrastructure and equipment investment.
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But perhaps that was thought to be too explicit. Some on the Left have settled on rewriting the story of the Pilgrims: they were not settlers, but instead “refugees” and “illegal immigrants,” as I wrote when describing the effort to Hispanicize Thanksgiving.
Of course this is wrong, given that a country must already exist for the refugees or illegal immigrants to go to. But recasting the narrative that way enlists the Pilgrims as partners in The Great Replacement being orchestrated by today’s refugees and illegal aliens.
How, the argument goes, can we deport illegal immigrants today? The Pilgrims were illegal too! And they were refugees from religious oppression! How dare we deny Islamic refugees a place in this Melting Pot this Nation of Immigrants!