Thomas Vinterberg, Goteborg’s Artistic Director Pia Lundberg Address Controversial Remarks of Swedish Minister of Culture: ‘Fight Back’
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variety.comThomas Vinterberg and Goteborg’s artistic director Pia Lundberg addressed controversial remarks of Swedish Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand.
Lundberg admitted she was “surprised” by the Minister’s statement during the opening ceremony Jan. 24, which made for a “tumultuous” start of the event. “The Swedish film industry [which has around $50.5 million a year in state support] is comparing itself to Denmark and Norway a lot.
Denmark has twice as much money for local filmmaking production than Sweden. Norway has even more. Sweden is really far behind.
Do you think Denmark could adopt Sweden on the film side?,” Lundberg asked Vinterberg during a public discussion. “It was horrible, I heard,” he said.
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