Netflix Donates More Than $180,000 to Colombia’s Audiovisual Sector After Earthquake

Netflix is giving 600 million Colombian pesos, about $186,000, to audiovisual workers affected by the earthquake that struck Colombia on Aug. 10. The money will go to the Colombian Film Academy and the Colombian Association of Independent Film and Audiovisual Producers, known as Asocinde.

The two organizations will manage and distribute the funds directly. They will first conduct a census to identify professionals whose work and livelihoods were affected, along with their specific needs. The aid comes as the country continues responding to an earthquake that killed 331 people, according to the report.

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We are deeply moved by what is happening in Colombia. Faced with a tragedy of this magnitude, we wanted to act quickly and alongside those who best understand the needs of the audiovisual sector.

“We are deeply moved by what is happening in Colombia. Faced with a tragedy of this magnitude, we wanted to act quickly and alongside those who best understand the needs of the audiovisual sector,” said Ana María Londoño, Netflix Colombia’s content director.

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Faced with an emergency of this magnitude, our commitment as an Academy is to support the sector’s professionals who are going through difficult times and contribute, within our means, to their recovery.

The Colombian Film Academy and its partner academies in the Ibero-American Federation of Film Academies also launched an International Audiovisual Solidarity Fund. Academy executive director Elkin Zair said the organization would stand with workers facing hardship and praised audiovisual professionals who used their equipment and expertise in search-and-rescue efforts.

“Faced with an emergency of this magnitude, our commitment as an Academy is to support the sector’s professionals who are going through difficult times and contribute, within our means, to their recovery,” Zair said. Asocinde created its own Audiovisual Assistance and Reactivation Fund. Its president, Diego Ramírez, said recovery meant restoring not only lost property, but also trust, projects and the ability to look ahead. Culture Minister Paola Holguín thanked Netflix and highlighted the private sector’s role. Netflix also said it would triple employee contributions to charities linked to the earthquake.

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We know that rebuilding does not mean only recovering what has been lost, but also recovering trust, projects and the possibility of looking ahead again.