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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

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

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?

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. This is what Manolo Diaz Ramö, chairman of the Association of Independent Filmmakers, OFF, says.

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. The context in which it takes place should also be Swedish.

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

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

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

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

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.

Eva Swartz Grimaldi has died

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. To get the business to work, the actors have had to be creative.

Half a million have seen "Hammarskjöld" at the cinema

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

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"

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.