The fourth and final report in the Public Film Funding at a Crossroads series is underway

In March, the two reference groups for the upcoming Film i Väst Analysis report came together in Gothenburg, "oldies but goldies" and the "next generation".

The fourth and final report in the Public Film Funding at a Crossroads series is underway. Where the previous reports mapped the challenges and formulated the recommendations, this one goes further into the question of why and how. How does European film and audiovisual policy move from defence to offence? How do public funders stay relevant in a sector that is changing faster than policy can follow? Why is it so crucial that European films are seen as a central expression by and for the continent’s citizens? And why is public film funding still central?

The conversations in Gothenburg reminded us why this work matters and that the sector still has the will to change.

Oldies but goldies

• Angus Finney (Senior consultant/executive producer/senior fellow Cambridge University)

• Charlotte Appelgren (Secretary General, Cine Regio)

• Claus Ladegaard (Senior consultant, previous CEO Danish Film Institute)

• Helge Albers (CEO, MOIN Film Fund)

• Katarina Krave (Former CFO, Film i Väst)

• Mar Izquierdo (General Coordinator, Zineuskadi)

• Petar Mitric (Assistant professor, Copenhagen University)

• Rickard Olsson (Senior consultant)

• Tomas Eskilsson (Head of Film i Väst Analysis)

The Next Generation

• Alexandra Zakharchenko (Head of Industry Programs Marché du Film)

• Emma Caviezel (Licensing DFFB)

• Josef Kullengård (Head of Industry Göteborg Film Festival)

• Katrien Maes (Coordinator Screen Flanders)

• Marcin Luczaj (Acquisitions & Development New Europe Film Sales)

• Max Malka (Creative Director and Executive Producer for Banijay Finland)

• Síle Culley (Audience Designer)

• Sigrid Bersmann (Marketing & Events Film i Väst)