Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation: you can get money for the development of domestic cinema due to fees from online cinemas
A still from the Russian film “Prisoner of the Caucasus 2”
To receive funds for the development of domestic cinema, the Ministry of Culture proposes to introduce a fee of 0.5% from incomes of owners of online cinemas and from broadcasters showing films on television, and 3% from cinema incomes and distributors films, writes RNS. According to representatives of the department, the total fees can reach 3-4 billion rubles a year. The proposals of the Ministry of Culture have already been sent to the presidential administration.
“We consider it expedient to support this proposal and consider the amount of deductions from cinema revenues and movie distributors in the amount of 3%, and from broadcasters broadcasting films on television and website owners, online cinemas on the Internet — 0.5%,” in the document.
Funds are invited to the cinema fund. This organization is now subsidizing domestic companies creating Russian films. If the proposals of the Ministry of Culture are accepted for the fund, “key indicators of the effectiveness of its activities should be established, including an increase in the number of domestic films at the box office and box office from their shows, an increase in the share of viewers of domestic films, etc.”
Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the Ministry of Culture, had previously proposed to introduce fees from Russian TV channels to provide the means of domestic cinema. This proposal was announced at a meeting on the development of cinematography with the participation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Then this initiative was criticized by market participants.
“I do not really understand what kind of collection. TV channels pay for the movies they show. What else should I take from them? If there is such an idea, then, in my opinion, it is strange, because TV channels already pay us. We sell them content. If you still take money from TV channels, you will only make it worse, ”said Karen Shakhnazarov, head of Mosfilm, earlier.