In a meeting with the family and culture committee on Wednesday expressed the representatives of the seven festivals of great concern for the lack of follow-up of the Storting’s filmforlik.
Pot for festivalmidler for 2017 is not yet known, and the festivals asked the committee to follow up that the settlement focus on filmformidling being followed up by the Ministry of culture and the Norwegian film institute (NFI).
Foreshadowed the strengthening
- Since 2011 there has been a significant decline in festivalstøttemidler, and a growing uncertainty related to the state support. The festivals were therefore very pleased that Parliament clearly marked an increased focus on filmformidling in his filmforlik, ” says festival director Tonje Hardersen in The Norwegian film festival.
She indicates that it in filmforliket are prefigured to strengthen filmformidlingsfeltet.
- the Point to move festivalstøtten from the Film & Theaters ailing revenues for the fixed, government transfers via the NFI, and a new festivalutvalg, was just to make the festivals of predictable support and a transparent tildelingssystem. Now we are worried that the opposite will happen, ” she says.
Very troubled
The Norwegian filmfestivalene is very troubled that it will come again real cuts, and that they can see far after the announced increase.
- Filmfestivalene have in all the years received a very small percentage of festivalmidler, compared with other kunstfelt. We believe this imbalance should be corrected so that we can continue the important international, national and regional communication work within filmfeltet, which we uphold, ” says Hardersen.
The seven festivals: The Norwegian film festival Haugesund, the Norwegian short film festival in Grimstad, Kristiansand international Barnefilmfestival, Bergen international film festival, Kosmorama – Trondheim international film festival, Tromsø international film festival, and Films from the South.
(NTB)
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