Áskorun til íslensku ríkisstjórnarinnar
Ágæta ríkisstjórn,
Hér í fylgiskjali og í þýðingu að neðan er áskorun til ykkar frá Clint Eastwood, Darren Aronofsky, Terrance Malick og mörgum fleiri erlendum starfsbræðrum okkar í kvikmyndagreininni.
Við leyfum okkur að senda afrit af þessari yfirlýsingu til allra þingmanna með hvatningu um að efla frekar en að skera niður atvinnugrein í sókn sem skapar fjölda starfa og margfaldar fjárfestingu hins opinbera og greiðir hana til baka á mjög stuttum tíma.
Kær kveðja,
Fagfélög í kvikmyndagerð
Stuðningsyfirlýsing
Við undirrituð höfum haft þá ánægju að vinna við upptökur á einu eða fleirum kvikmyndaverkum á Íslandi. Að okkar mati eru þeir íslensku kvikmyndagerðarmenn sem við höfum unnið með fagmenn í hæsta gæðaflokki. Þeir koma ekki einvörðungu með sérþekkingu í verkefnin, heldur hafa þeir reynst ómetanlegir ráðgjafar um íslenskar aðstæður, hætti og staði og hafa þannig fært ómetanlegan ávinning til okkar verka.
Við stöndum með þeim og íslensku kvikmyndagreininni á Íslandi í tilraunum þeirra við að viðhalda núverandi stöðu opinberrar fjárfestingar í kvikmyndagreininni og við skorum á íslensku ríkisstjórnina að endurskoða núverandi áætlanir um niðurskurð á Kvikmyndasjóði.
A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT
We, the undersigned, have had the great pleasure of working on one or more film projects in Iceland. In our view, the Icelandic film professionals we’ve worked with are of the highest standard. The expertise that they bring to the table – not only as filmmakers but as invaluable advisors on Icelandic practices, customs and locations – has brought immeasurable benefits to the work that we do.
We stand with them, and with the entire film community in Iceland, in their efforts to maintain the current levels of government support for filmmaking, and thus we urge the Icelandic government to reconsider their current plans to cut the budget of the Icelandic Film Fund.
Alexandra Malick | Film Producer | Tree of life |
Beau Marks | Producer | Judge Dredd |
Chris Brigham | Executive Producer | Noah |
Chris Newman | Producer | Game of Thrones for HBO |
Clint Eastwood | Film director | Flags of Our Fathers |
Dan Weiss | Co-Creator/Writer/Producer | HBO’s Game of Thrones |
Darren Aronofsky | Film Director | Noah |
Davod Benioff | Co-Creator/Writer/Producer | HBO’s Game of Thrones |
Duncan Henderson | Producer | Oblivion |
Lee Rosenthal | EVP features production | Paramount Pictures |
G. Mac Brown | Executive Producer | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
Mylan Stepanovich | SVP, Physical Production | AFG/Walden Media/Bristol Bay Productions |
Robert Lorenz | Film producer and director | Flags of Our Fathers |
Sam Miller | Director | Fortitude |
Selwyn Roberts | Producer | Shackleton |
Steve Papazian | President, Worldwide Physical Production, Warner Bros. Pictures | Flags of Our Fathers, Batman Begins, Flora’s Letter |
Terje Strømstad | Producer | Dead Snow II |
Terrence Malick | Film Director | Tree of life |
Tommy Wirkola | Director | Dead Snow II |
A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT TO THE ICELANDIC FILM INDUSTRY
We, the undersigned, would like to extend our support to the film community in Iceland, in their efforts to maintain the current levels of government support for filmmaking, and we urge the Icelandic government to reconsider their current plans to cut the budget of the Icelandic Film Fund.
Alexandra Lebret | European Producers Club | Managing Director |
Antoine Simkine | Les Films d’Antoine | Producer |
Benoît Ginisty | FIAPF – International Federation of Film Producers | Director General |
Chris Curling | European Producers Club | Producer and Chairman |
Dariusz Jablonski | Apple Film Production sp. z o.o | President |
Fabia Buenaventura | Spanish Audiovisual Producers | General Manager |
Franco Bocca Gelsi | Gagarin srl. | Producer |
Hartmut Köhler | Ziegler Film GmbH & Co. KG | Producer |
Hrvoje Osvadić | Croatian Producers Association | President |
Philip BOEFFARD | Nord Ouest Films | Producer |
Sari Väänänen | The Central Organisation of Finnish Film Producers | General Director |
Stefan Baron | SVT Stockholm | Co-production Executive Drama |
Suresh Laxman | The Film Federation of India |