'European soft money': Eurimages and the Nordic experience. Issue 2 (29th August 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Aas, Nils Klevjer
• Is Part Of: Journal of Scandinavian cinema. Volume 2:Issue 2(2012)
• Page Start: 143
• Page End: 152
• Publication Date: 2012-08-29
• Subjects: Motion pictures -- Scandinavia -- Periodicals; 791.43094805
• DOI: 10.1386/jsca.2.2.143_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2042-7891

Abstract

The Council of Europe's fund for the co-production of cinematographic works, Eurimages, has since its inception in 1989 provided nearly half a billion euros towards the funding of European films. Several films originating in the Nordic countries have been the recipients of this supra-national funding. Drawing on his experience as a national representative to the Board of Management of Eurimages over the last dozen years, the author attempts – with a particular emphasis on the last five years – to identify the motives of Nordic film producers and film-makers that have successfully applied for support from the fund, and to correlate their strategies with the aims and operating procedures of Eurimages.