Communication presented at the 2008 ECREA conference in Barcelona

1. What is a Catalan film? Legal and extralegal parameters to establish what a Catalan film is Frederic Guerrero-Solé Mercè Oliva Rota Reinald Besalú Casademont Fermín Ciaurriz Velasco

3. The object of our research Catalan film policies (subventions program for Catalan film industry)  New subvention rules: Institut Català de les Indústries Culturals (ICIC), 2008) Objective How a Catalan film can be defined (through Catalan rules) Methodology Comparative analysis (UK, Germany, Spain/ Scotland, Bavaria, Basque Country) Film nationality protocol 1. Introduction

12. Scotland - Laxness - Film Industry Culture Authorship - Quality & Creativity - Creating audiences for Scottish films 3.4. European Stateless nations / Regions Bavaria - Film industry - Bayerneffekt : “ The producer must reinvestment 1.5 times the amount of loan in Bavaria” Basque country - Point system (minimum points to be achieved) 3. Comparative analysis

13. It does not accomplish most of the Catalan normative requirements It does accomplish most of the Catalan normative requirements It accomplishes some of the Catalan normative requirements 3. Comparative analysis

16. 1. New rules as guideline. Does not solve the question of what a Catalan film is. 2. Still remains the debate about the catalanity of cultural productions. 3. Still remains the debate between regulation and freedom of creativity. 5. Discussion

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