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Film Producer Peter Hald Passes Away at 84
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Film Producer Peter Hald Passes Away at 84

Film producer Peter Hald has passed away, 84 years old. He was among other things so-called technical director for several of Lasse Åberg's major films and for many years vice CEO for the Swedish Film Institute
Swedish Film Institute Supports New Film Policy Proposals
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Swedish Film Institute Supports New Film Policy Proposals

An updated film policy is crucial, says Anna Croneman, CEO of the Swedish Film Institute (SFI), which has now submitted its consultation response to the Ministry of Culture on the film inquiry Publiken i fokus.
Cinema Visits Decline in Sweden with Children's Films as a Bright Spot
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Cinema Visits Decline in Sweden with Children's Films as a Bright Spot

The number of visits to Swedish cinemas fell by 8 per cent in 2024 compared to the previous year, shows new statistics from the Film Institute.
Trump's Film Tariff Proposal Criticized as "Incredibly Stupid"
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Trump's Film Tariff Proposal Criticized as "Incredibly Stupid"

Donald Trump's statement about tariffs on all films produced outside the USA is being torn apart by Eva Hamilton, Chair of the Film and TV Producers. It sounds just incredibly stupid and I have a hard time seeing it can be implemented
Mai Zetterling's 100th Birthday Celebrated Globally in Film Industry
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Mai Zetterling's 100th Birthday Celebrated Globally in Film Industry

Sweden's Bold Plan to Revive Its Film Industry: What You Need to Know
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Sweden's Bold Plan to Revive Its Film Industry: What You Need to Know

Reduced VAT on film and a new film fund of 300 million kronor, partly financed by new fees on streaming services – this is proposed by the film inquiry. With this, we do not reach the top, but we are approaching our Nordic neighboring countries, says the government's investigator Eva Bergquist to TT
Sweden's Bold Plan to Revive Its Film Industry: New Fund & Tax Cuts
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Sweden's Bold Plan to Revive Its Film Industry: New Fund & Tax Cuts

Reduced biofuel tax and a new film fund of 300 million kronor, partly financed by new fees on streaming services – this is proposed by the film inquiry. With this, we do not reach the top, but we are approaching our Nordic neighboring countries, says the government's investigator Eva Bergquist to TT
Sweden's Bold Plan to Revive Cinema: New Film Fund and Tax Cuts
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Sweden's Bold Plan to Revive Cinema: New Film Fund and Tax Cuts

A film fund of 300 million kronor, reduced VAT on cinema tickets and a law on streaming fees. These are the main proposals in the film inquiry presented on Tuesday, writes the investigator Eva Bergquist on DN Debatt
Swedish Film Faces Funding Crisis: Can New Proposals Save the Industry?
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Swedish Film Faces Funding Crisis: Can New Proposals Save the Industry?

On Tuesday, the film inquiry's proposals will be presented. But it is not that, but the government that is worrying the crisis-ridden film industry
Support for Swedish Film Strengthened
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Support for Swedish Film Strengthened

The Swedish Film Institute is changing its criteria for film support, reports DN. To receive support, the film should be in Swedish
Lars von Trier admitted to a nursing home
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Lars von Trier admitted to a nursing home

The Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, who has Parkinson's disease, has been admitted to a nursing home, announces his production company Zentropa.
Ulf Malmros makes a new feature film
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Ulf Malmros makes a new feature film

The director Ulf Malmros has been granted support from the Swedish Film Institute for the new feature film "Grannfejden", which he has also written the screenplay for.
Film producer Katinka Faragó has died
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Film producer Katinka Faragó has died

Film producer Katinka Faragó has passed away, 87 years old, the family reports to Sveriges Radio's "Culture News". For nearly seven decades, she worked within Swedish film
Filip and Fredrik become Sweden's Oscar entry
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Filip and Fredrik become Sweden's Oscar entry

It will be Filip and Fredrik's documentary "The Last Journey" that will represent Sweden in the battle for an Oscar for Best International Feature Film next year. I started crying like the devil, says Filip Hammar about when he received the news
Swedish Director's Film is Denmark's Oscar Candidate
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Swedish Director's Film is Denmark's Oscar Candidate

A blue-yellow director will have to defend the red-white colors ahead of the Oscars gala. "The Girl with the Needle" by Magnus von Horn has been selected as Denmark's candidate for the prize for best international film
The Swedish Film Institute is reducing its staff.
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The Swedish Film Institute is reducing its staff.

Eva Swartz Grimaldi has died
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Eva Swartz Grimaldi has died

Local Small Cinemas for a Stumbling Existence
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Local Small Cinemas for a Stumbling Existence

Bankruptcies, crisis support, and uncertain future. The existence has been shaken for several of the country's small local cinemas in recent years
Half a million have seen "Hammarskjöld" at the cinema
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Half a million have seen "Hammarskjöld" at the cinema

Low financing of Swedish film
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Low financing of Swedish film

The public subsidies for Swedish film have been hollowed out and internationally, Sweden now has low public funding – this emerges from a status report from the ongoing film inquiry.
The Golden Beetle backs down – debutants can get a prize
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The Golden Beetle backs down – debutants can get a prize

After criticism, the Film Institute backs down and abolishes the rule that debut actors cannot receive the Guldbagge, writes Dagens Nyheter.
"Mom 'Netflix tax': the cost will be passed on to the viewers"
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"Mom 'Netflix tax': the cost will be passed on to the viewers"

Will Netflix and Disney be forced to finance Swedish film and TV? Where S and MP see a new way to strengthen the muscles for domestic production, M thinks that in that case it will be the viewers who will have to foot the bill.
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