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Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by tomcam »

Svip wrote: post #8
Symbiote wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That might work for some roles (you can bring anyone from within the EU with little to no paperwork) but there will be a limited number of people who speak Danish and are familiar with or have contacts in the country. Cost of living is already very high here, so it is presumably already more expensive than filming almost anywhere else in Europe. 2–3× may go beyond a reasonable budget.

Also quite expensive, since the Danish government provides a lacklustre funding for filming, according to Danish film makers. Even Danish productions often goes to places like the Czech Republic to film, because financial advantages are much better there.

Do Danish filmmakers feel it's essential that the government fund their work?

Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by goto11 »

tomcam wrote: post #11
Svip wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also quite expensive, since the Danish government provides a lacklustre funding for filming, according to Danish film makers. Even Danish productions often goes to places like the Czech Republic to film, because financial advantages are much better there.

Do Danish filmmakers feel it's essential that the government fund their work?

Absolutely. Very few Danish production could have been made without government funding.

"The Rain" is unique in being financed by Netflix.

Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by Symbiote »

tomcam wrote: post #11
Svip wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also quite expensive, since the Danish government provides a lacklustre funding for filming, according to Danish film makers. Even Danish productions often goes to places like the Czech Republic to film, because financial advantages are much better there.

Do Danish filmmakers feel it's essential that the government fund their work?

Many European governments subsidise (tax breaks or direct funding) TV and film related to their country, in order to promote their culture, language, industry and for tourism.

In some cases it's a region within a country, such as Yorkshire: http://www.creativeeuropeuk.eu/other-eu-funding-case-studies...

It does seem Denmark doesn't need to do this at present.

Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by Svip »

tomcam wrote: post #11
Svip wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also quite expensive, since the Danish government provides a lacklustre funding for filming, according to Danish film makers. Even Danish productions often goes to places like the Czech Republic to film, because financial advantages are much better there.

Do Danish filmmakers feel it's essential that the government fund their work?

My honest opinion is that they are just whining. Considering how well the Danish television industry is doing, it seems like they aren't short on cash. Danish films, on the other hand, has definitely taken a back seat to television production.

When they say other countries do more funding, they are not wrong. But we don't talk about Czech film/television production in the same way we talk about the Danish counterpart.

There are plenty of film makers out there who still think television is beneath them, and I am sure some of those film makers are Danish, and they therefore cannot cash in on the Danish television success.

Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by kristiandupont »

Rokid wrote: post #16
amelius wrote: post #10

Any recommendations for Danish tv shows? (can't open the article)

In the article they mention The Rain , another popular one is The Bridge . There is also a list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_television_drama

I watched a few episodes of The Rain and while it has impressive CGI, the acting is school-play level. The Killing or Borgen though a bit older are much better IMO. Also, while even older, Lars Von Trier's The Kingdom is fantastic tv.

Re: The World Wants More Danish TV

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Post by matsemann »

tomcam wrote: post #11
Svip wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also quite expensive, since the Danish government provides a lacklustre funding for filming, according to Danish film makers. Even Danish productions often goes to places like the Czech Republic to film, because financial advantages are much better there.

Do Danish filmmakers feel it's essential that the government fund their work?

Aren't most films subsidized in some ways, even the huge successful ones? Lots of communities bend over backwards to get them to come and film. Tax breaks, cheap studio rent or whatever. New york gave out $621M a year in tax breaks, that's as much as $31 dollar per person living there, according to wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_production_incentives_in...

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