“If this cut really is 7 million and if it is aimed at our production support, the amount of films we can support will be halved. This means only a few documentaries and shorts, and less than 10 feature films,” Finnish Film Foundation CEO Lasse Saarinen told Variety.
Saarinen has been voicing similar concerns for years – but the latest development still took him aback.
“We’ve been fearing more cuts on top of the 3 million we’ve lost during the 2020s, but this came as a total surprise. This shows how twisted our system is. Our Ministry of Finance is to blame, as well as its continuing urge to minimize the cultural budget of Finland,” he said, arguing the idea was brought up at a late stage during the government’s budget negotiations.
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