How should Widwey get Movie Norway on an even keel – NRK

Today la Culture Thorhild Widvey forward it for many long-awaited White Paper on film. Here outlines the government the main features of its film policy.

In advance it was known that the government will introduce a form of incentive scheme for film production in Norway, and they wanted to strengthen the film communities outside Oslo.

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To summarize Widwey even the main features of Movie message when she Friday took the podium at the film’s house in Oslo

• New film policy goals
• Easier, more flexible subsidy system
• Strengthening of regional filmmaking
• Holistic film administration policy

Film Producers can get your money back

In Film White Paper Friday morning were posted on the Ministry of Culture’s website, states that the government will work to put in place an incentive scheme to take effect from 2016.

– With its stunning scenery and architecture, Norway should be a natural countries for international film productions, stated Widvey.

She believed it primarily has been high prices and lack of incentive schemes that until now have stood in the way of productions as “Viking” to Norway.

These are the main features of the government’s proposed model for an incentive scheme to film the high cost Norway by offering direct reimbursement of part of production costs.

• Incentive scheme will apply for both national and international productions, but grants from the incentive scheme shall not be combined with production support from the Norwegian Film Institute (NFI). The scheme may, however, be combined with pre- and post-care support, and by grants from the regional film funds.
• The incentive scheme will refund based, with an upper limit on how large outlays production can be refunded.
• The incentive scheme will be managed from Bergen, but put under NFI.
• The regional centers must themselves decide how to prioritize, organize and fund efforts to facilitate and attract several film and series productions to their region.

Widwey alerts that the government intends to return the scope of the incentive scheme, ie how much a single production can be refunded.

Will give regions more money and more power

It was also ahead come clear signals that the government wants to strengthen the regional film initiative. Film The message contains the following:

• The grants for regional film programs for children and young people who currently lies with NFI, shall be transferred to the regional film centers should receive greater responsibility for children and youth and talent.
• The centers will continue to work to develop local and regional film industry by providing funding for the development and production of short films and documentaries.
• The current trial involving grants regional film funds should be discontinued and replaced by a new scheme with two or three major regional film fund.
• The National Film Commission, which is currently under NFI to be wound up, and tasks are moved to the regional filmkommisjonærene . Filmkommisjonene shall facilitate film productions in their region .