Think Tank on European Film and Film Policy
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The Think Tank on European Film and Film Policy is a think tank
founded in 2007 to promote and develop the effectiveness of European Film Policy. It strives to generating change to ensure that filmmaking environments do not evolve into stagnant subsidy cultures. It is based at Filmbyen
in Copenhagen
, Denmark
.
, previously the Director of the Danish Film Institute
.
The other members of the Board of Directors:
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
founded in 2007 to promote and develop the effectiveness of European Film Policy. It strives to generating change to ensure that filmmaking environments do not evolve into stagnant subsidy cultures. It is based at Filmbyen
Filmbyen
Filmbyen is a film studio complex located in Hvidovre just outside Copenhagen, Denmark.Filmbyen is a former military base. It houses many film-related companies...
in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
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Organisation
The President of the Think Tank is Henning CamreHenning Camre
Henning Camre is a Danish cinematographer and film industry administrator, currently President of the Think Tank on European Film and Film Policy...
, previously the Director of the Danish Film Institute
Danish Film Institute
The Danish Film Institute is the national Danish agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest....
.
The other members of the Board of Directors:
- Peter Aalbæk JensenPeter Aalbæk JensenPeter Aalbæk Jensen is a Danish film producer who in 1992 with director Lars von Trier founded the Danish film company Zentropa and later its huge studio complex Filmbyen....
, chief executive of ZentropaZentropaEuropa is a film directed by Lars von Trier. Released in 1991, it is von Trier's third theatrical feature film and is the final film in the Europa trilogy....
(Denmark) - Véronique Cayla, president of the Centre National de la Cinématographie et de l'Image Animée (France)
- Henrik Bo Nielsen (chair), Chief Executive Officer DFI.
- Ignasi Guardans, director of the Instituto de la Cinematografia y de las Artes Audiovisuales (Spain)
- Agnieszka Odorowicz, director of the Polski Instytut Filmowej (Poland)
- John Woodward, chief executive of the UK Film CouncilUK Film CouncilThe UK Film Council was set up in 2000 by the Labour Government as a non-departmental public body to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee governed by a board of 15 directors and was funded through sources including the...