A new EU research report comparing small film markets has singled out Danish film as a frontrunner in Europe.
Launched last week at the Cannes Film Festival, the report compares Denmark’s film scene with those of six other small European film countries – Estonia, Belgium (Flanders), Ireland, Croatia, Lithuania and Portugal.
The report examines factors like production volume and composition, genre repertoire, production and development support, market shares in cinemas, characteristics of the cinema and distribution market, cinema sales abroad, presence in streaming catalogues and nominations and awards at film festivals.
Denmark came out on top in the following:
- The domestic market share the cinema market
- Production and development support
- Festival success
- Number of feature films produced, across documentary and fiction. Estonia tops the list of film production per capita.
- the Danish movie theater and distribution infrastructure is particularly important and attractive to international studios and filmmakers
- Number of films available in streaming catalogues
More controversially, Denmark is the only one among the seven that does not offer film production discounts and/or tax schemes, notes Aarhus University’s Arts department in a press statement.
