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 Táningsstúlkan sem lést var að teyma íslenskan hest Erlent Játaði fjárdrátt og endurgreiðir samkvæmt samkomulagi Innlent Hælisleitandi fór huldu höfði í þrjú ár og fleygði sér svo niður stiga Innlent Fjölskyldan franska sendi ættingjum erfðaskrá frá Íslandi Innlent Magnús Þór lést við strandveiðar Innlent Segja gengið á birgðirnar og hætta við vopnasendingar til Úkraínu Erlent Bubbi gerir sögulegan samning um eigin líkindi til allrar framtíðar Innlent Diddy sakfelldur í tveimur af fimm ákæruliðum Erlent Pilturinn áfrýjar ekki þyngsta mögulega dómi Innlent „Þetta er ekkert líf“ 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 Táningsstúlkan sem lést var að teyma íslenskan hest Erlent Játaði fjárdrátt og endurgreiðir samkvæmt samkomulagi Innlent Hælisleitandi fór huldu höfði í þrjú ár og fleygði sér svo niður stiga Innlent Fjölskyldan franska sendi ættingjum erfðaskrá frá Íslandi Innlent Magnús Þór lést við strandveiðar Innlent Segja gengið á birgðirnar og hætta við vopnasendingar til Úkraínu Erlent Bubbi gerir sögulegan samning um eigin líkindi til allrar framtíðar Innlent Diddy sakfelldur í tveimur af fimm ákæruliðum Erlent Pilturinn áfrýjar ekki þyngsta mögulega dómi Innlent „Þetta er ekkert líf“ Innlent