Film Industry Support 15. nóvember 2006 14:02 Film makers Baltasar Kormákur and Friðrik Þór sign agreement Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister of Education and Culture and Árni M. Mathiesen, Minister of Finance signed an agreement with the Icelandic Filmmaker‘s Association to strengthen the Icelandic film industry during the next four years. The agreement calls for a support to Icelandic film making from 372 million kronur this year to 700 million kronur in the year 2010. With the agreement the aim is to make four full length Icelandic films a year and the production grant from Kvikmyndasjóður should be 50% instead of 40% today. Special emphasis should be made for children and family films and special support for short films and documentaries will continue. Minister Gunnarsdóttir was very pleased with the agreement and said that this day was a milestone in Icelandic film making. „The future is bright and we are taking big steps forward,“ she said. Film director Baltasar Kormákur spoke on behalf of film makers and said this agreement was a breakthrough in Icelandic film making. News News in English Mest lesið Rússneskur kafbátur í fylgd sænska hersins Erlent Viðkvæmur friður þegar í hættu? Erlent Lést samstundis þegar ekið var á hana á 143 kílómetra hraða Innlent Dónatal í desember Erlent Nærliggjandi hús rýmt þegar eldur kom upp á Ásbrú í morgun Innlent Vildu bregðast við sterku ákalli fólks sem hafði misst skyndilega Innlent Nafngreindi rangan mann í frétt og dæmdur fyrir meiðyrði Innlent „Þessi málaflokkur er bara í drasli“ Innlent Hæstiréttur hafnar Alex Jones Erlent Mosfellsbær tæki gjarnan við peningunum sem Tjörneshreppur afþakkar Innlent
Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister of Education and Culture and Árni M. Mathiesen, Minister of Finance signed an agreement with the Icelandic Filmmaker‘s Association to strengthen the Icelandic film industry during the next four years. The agreement calls for a support to Icelandic film making from 372 million kronur this year to 700 million kronur in the year 2010. With the agreement the aim is to make four full length Icelandic films a year and the production grant from Kvikmyndasjóður should be 50% instead of 40% today. Special emphasis should be made for children and family films and special support for short films and documentaries will continue. Minister Gunnarsdóttir was very pleased with the agreement and said that this day was a milestone in Icelandic film making. „The future is bright and we are taking big steps forward,“ she said. Film director Baltasar Kormákur spoke on behalf of film makers and said this agreement was a breakthrough in Icelandic film making.
News News in English Mest lesið Rússneskur kafbátur í fylgd sænska hersins Erlent Viðkvæmur friður þegar í hættu? Erlent Lést samstundis þegar ekið var á hana á 143 kílómetra hraða Innlent Dónatal í desember Erlent Nærliggjandi hús rýmt þegar eldur kom upp á Ásbrú í morgun Innlent Vildu bregðast við sterku ákalli fólks sem hafði misst skyndilega Innlent Nafngreindi rangan mann í frétt og dæmdur fyrir meiðyrði Innlent „Þessi málaflokkur er bara í drasli“ Innlent Hæstiréttur hafnar Alex Jones Erlent Mosfellsbær tæki gjarnan við peningunum sem Tjörneshreppur afþakkar Innlent