Ystad municipality is concerned about the consequences of Brexit on future film projects – Kulturnit

– I'm very worried. I don't think we will succeed with our project, that's how crazy it is, says Petra Rundqvist, a film strategist at the municipality of Ystad.

The municipality of Ystad, along with eight other EU countries, including Great Britain and Film London, sent an application for the EU project on environmentally friendly television and film recordings.

– So it's about green certification, or environmental certification for film recordings. This is something that is coming strong in Europe. Belgium has worked this way for a long time, as it has also done in Germany. It's very big in Hamburg and many places and in the United States, she says.

Green Film Project It is the so-called Interreg project. The European Union's regional cooperation program is about developing cooperation across national borders. Ystad had previously collaborated with Great Britain in an inter-regional project on film tourism, and as was the case then, the British were now the leading partner.

– They submitted the entire application. We have only contributed our opinions on this topic. They have put in an enormous amount of time, so it would be very sad not to achieve anything.

In January next year, they will find out whether the project has been awarded, but Petra Rundqvist is concerned that Brexit could mean the project will not be implemented.

But Tommy AngevallThe director of the International Regional Cooperation Unit at Tillväxtverket, part of Interreg, believes that until the UK actually leaves the EU, which could take up to two years, they become full members with the same rules in place.

– However, it can certainly happen that in two or three years, and perhaps even now, Ystad, for example, will look for partners elsewhere in Europe.

Positive aspect Brexit means Tommy Angevall because it could open up more cooperation.

– In the best case, you maintain contacts with Great Britain and these contacts continue, but financing forces us or gives us the opportunity to look for other partners outside Europe, so perhaps you expand this network of contacts, he says. .

Amanda Horne
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