Urban, ethnic, provincial: Anticipations of audience preferences in Danish film funding and production

TY - JOUR

T1 - Urban, ethnic, provincial

T2 - Anticipations of audience preferences in Danish film funding and production

AU - Givskov, Cecilie

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - This article explores how professional and public stakeholders in the development of film projects negotiate economic and symbolic risk related to representation of minorities and geographical peripheries in Denmark, and situates these negotiations within the Danish public sphere and the contemporary subsidy and production system. The main argument is, on the one hand, that the national cinema potentially works as an arena for social inclusion; on the other, that anxiety related to economic and symbolic risk, which promotes industry myths and postulates about target groups, puts constraints on expressions. The identified reluctance to risk-taking is not only relevant to the question of sociocultural representation behind and in front of the camera, but also to the question of the state’s ability to create a space for creative autonomy.

AB - This article explores how professional and public stakeholders in the development of film projects negotiate economic and symbolic risk related to representation of minorities and geographical peripheries in Denmark, and situates these negotiations within the Danish public sphere and the contemporary subsidy and production system. The main argument is, on the one hand, that the national cinema potentially works as an arena for social inclusion; on the other, that anxiety related to economic and symbolic risk, which promotes industry myths and postulates about target groups, puts constraints on expressions. The identified reluctance to risk-taking is not only relevant to the question of sociocultural representation behind and in front of the camera, but also to the question of the state’s ability to create a space for creative autonomy.

U2 - 10.1386/jsca.4.2.133_1

DO - 10.1386/jsca.4.2.133_1

M3 - Journal article

SN - 2042-7891

VL - 4

SP - 133

EP - 148

JO - Journal of Scandinavian Cinema

JF - Journal of Scandinavian Cinema

IS - 2

ER -