45-year-old Gothenburg International Film Festival in Sweden, with the establishment of a new International Film Fund; Gives funds to Kurdistan cinematographers and supports them financially.
Goteborg International Film Festival in Sweden, the largest film festival in the Nordic countries and the most important annual gathering place in the film industry in Northern Europe; With the establishment of the new International Film Fund; Funds and sponsors filmmakers in Kurdistan, Brazil, Sudan and Ukraine. These artists, in order to expand and develop the script, the post-production costs and the distribution of their works; From today, Monday, May 10, 2021, they have until the next two months to submit their fundraising applications to this fund, and the managers of this fund will evaluate the applications received with their professional team for three months. And in October 2021, the final results will be announced.
Launched by Camilla Larsson in the wake of the severe crisis of the Corona virus epidemic in 2021, the fund aims to create a diverse media space and sponsor film projects by increasing artistic and expressive freedoms. For this year, a budget of 40,000 euros (4 million Swedish kronor) has been earmarked, and on a continuous basis; The fund continues its cinematic and support activities.
In times of severe crisis, the field of culture is often deprived, and even now, the outbreak of the corona virus has had a serious impact on projects, access to distribution channels, and film production budgets. The Gothenburg International Film Festival has set up an international film fund with the support of the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support filmmakers working under these difficult conditions, and this year, after the expansion of the script (€ 10,000), post-production costs (€ 30). € 1,000), supports the distribution of films (€ 20,000) as well as valuable art collections. Because the film, for the audience; It has a cultural appeal and influence and plays a key role in society.
The Gothenburg Film Festival kicked off 45 years ago with the aim of boosting the voices of filmmakers and highlighting films from around the world, and over the past 10 years, working with the Swedish Development Agency (SIDA) on 150 film projects around the world , Has sponsored. Ingmar Bergman is a prominent and influential Swedish director and winner of four Oscars; For the last 20 years of his life, he was the honorary secretary of this prestigious cinematic event.
Gothenburg International Film Festival with Mirja Wester as director and Jonas Holmberg as artistic director, the largest film festival in the Nordic countries and the most important annual meeting place for the film industry in Northern Europe; ; Every year with works by directors from different countries of the world in various competitive and non-competitive sectors, including; “International Competition” section, “Nordic Competition” section, “Nordic Documentary Competition” section, “Ingmar Bergman” Competitive section, “Beginning Competition” section, “Focus” section, “Nordic Cinema” non-competitive section, “Swedish Short Films” section , The non-competitive section of “International Cinema” such as; “Gala” section, “Masters” section and “Vision” section, “Horizons” section, “Classic Cinema” section, “Five Continents of the World” section, “Many Movements” section, “New Sounds” section, as well as seminars and roundtables, The “Film Market” section, the acting workshop, the commemoration section and several other sections will be held in 10 cinemas and 40 cinemas in Gothenburg, Sweden.
