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 Fundu lík karlmanns í Reynisfjalli Innlent Fjórir í bílnum en enginn við stýrið Innlent Yazan afar létt að vera ekki vísað frá landi Innlent Frambjóðandi Trump lýsti sér sem „svörtum nasista“ á klámsíðu Erlent Kona á níræðisaldri sá björninn í þriggja metra fjarlægð Innlent Sýknaður af ákæru um manndráp af gáleysi á Akureyri Innlent Íbúar Springfield klofnir í afstöðu sinni til heimsóknar Trump Erlent Ákærður fyrir að stinga lækni í kvöldgöngu Innlent Títan bilaði og lenti í árekstri nokkrum dögum fyrir hinstu förina Erlent Ísraelar gera umfangsmiklar loftárásir á skotmörk í Líbanon Erlent
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 Fundu lík karlmanns í Reynisfjalli Innlent Fjórir í bílnum en enginn við stýrið Innlent Yazan afar létt að vera ekki vísað frá landi Innlent Frambjóðandi Trump lýsti sér sem „svörtum nasista“ á klámsíðu Erlent Kona á níræðisaldri sá björninn í þriggja metra fjarlægð Innlent Sýknaður af ákæru um manndráp af gáleysi á Akureyri Innlent Íbúar Springfield klofnir í afstöðu sinni til heimsóknar Trump Erlent Ákærður fyrir að stinga lækni í kvöldgöngu Innlent Títan bilaði og lenti í árekstri nokkrum dögum fyrir hinstu förina Erlent Ísraelar gera umfangsmiklar loftárásir á skotmörk í Líbanon Erlent