Icelandic Film Fund
In 2019, a total of 8,126,831 USD were allocated to the fund (1,109.8 million ISK) from the State Treasury.
The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture invited stakeholders to contribute to the periodical report with information about their efforts and activities related to the scope of the Convention. Stakeholders include consultations with governmental entities, civil society organizations and non governmental actors.
The UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions was accepted in Iceland in 2007. A significant portion of Iceland’s cultural policies, legislation, regulation and institutional operational frameworks harmonize with the articles of the Convention and did so prior to Iceland’s acceptance of the Convention. Policies such as the National Cultural Policy create a foundation upon which further cultural policies are built in the spirit of the Convention. While a significant portion of the framework within Iceland’s cultural sphere are already in line with the spirit of the Convention, further work within the sector is able to take the articles of the Convention into account to ensure continued progress. This is evident for example in the formulation of Iceland’s updated National Cultural Policy. Iceland acknowledges the importance of culture in all facets of society and its potential for positive impact, for example on economic, social and environmental levels.
Iceland has several cultural funds listed in this report. These provide support to the cultural industry and cultural professionals in several different ways, for example directly supporting exhibitions or events, funding a variety of projects at various different stages of their life cycles, supporting collaboration and cooperation both nationally and internationally, and promotional or marketing purposes. In most cases, these funds have regulatory framework within which to operate to ensure appropriate distribution of grants. Usually allocations are decided by a board made up of individuals appointed to represent relevant groups of stakeholders. Legislation, such as the Act on the Equal Status and Equal Rights of Women and Men (10/2008), also provide an important foundation for the operations of Iceland’s cultural funds, ensuring the equal treatment of both genders in allocations.
The Icelandic school system acknowledges the importance of creative arts and cultural heritage in the school curricula. The fundamental elements of education in Iceland emphasize that students have an understanding of society, culture, the environment and nature. The curricula takes into account national legislation on education, as well as international treaties and other covenants, such as UNESCO guidelines on sustainable development.
The USD exchange rate used in this report is 1 USD = 136.56 ISK, as per the UN Treasury’s UN Operational Rates of Exchange effective as of June 1st, 2020.
Organization type | Organization | Website | |
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Civil Society Organization (CSO)
| The Federation of Icelandic Artists
| bil@bil.is
| http://www.bil.is
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Public Sector
| Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
| mrn@mrn.is
| http://www.stjr.is
|
Public Sector
| Statistics Iceland
| indormation@statice.is
| http://statice.is
|
Public Sector
| The Icelandic Centre for Research
| rannis@rannis.is
| http://rannis.is
|
As a ratio of the total quantity of those employed in the cultural and creative sectors | Male | Female | Total |
Printing and reproduction of recorded media | 8.0% | 2.8% | 10.8% |
Manufacture of musical instruments and jewellery and related articles | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.8% |
Retail sale of cultural and recreation goods in specialised stores | 1.1% | 1.6% | 2.8% |
Publishing activities | 7.0% | 5.4% | 12.4% |
Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities | 5.6% | 5.5% | 11.1% |
Programming and broadcasting activities | 4.7% | 3.0% | 7.7% |
Architectural activities | 5.6% | 3.7% | 9.2% |
Other professional, scientific and technical activities | 2.9% | 3.8% | 6.8% |
Cultural education | 4.0% | 5.0% | 9.0% |
Creative, arts and entertainment activities | 7.7% | 7.9% | 15.6% |
Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities | 4.3% | 9.3% | 13.7% |
Total | 51.3% | 48.5% | 100% |
From Statistics Iceland (Statice)
Expenditure in the following categories as a ratio of total public cultural and creative sector expenditure | |
Museum affairs | 29.1% |
Cultural institutions | 36.3% |
Cultural funds | 34.6% |
From Government Accounts
In 2019, a total of 8,126,831 USD were allocated to the fund (1,109.8 million ISK) from the State Treasury.
In 2019, 4,773,438 USD was allocated to the fund from the State Treasury (652 million ISK).
In 2019, 307,411 USD was allocated to the fund (42 million ISK) from the State Treasury.
732,279 USD was allocated to the Fund in 2019 from the State Treasury (100 million ISK).
In 2019, 3,738,284 USD was allocated to the program from the State Treasury (510.5 million ISK).
298,037 USD in 2019 (40.7 million ISK).
1,975,688 USD was allocated to the Fund from the State Treasury in 2019 (301.5 million ISK).
In 2019, the Fund allocated a total of 382,250 USD (52.2 million ISK) in all four categories of grants.
The Fund planned to allocate a total of 366,139 USD in 2020. This amount is being doubled due to a government stimulus plan as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. So far 183,070 USD have been allocated of a total 732,278 USD (100 million ISK) planned for 2020.
In 2019, the Museum Fund made allocations in the amount of 922,671 USD (126 million ISK).
In 2019, the Institution received 3,595,489 USD (491 million ISK) allocated from the State Treasury.
The Iceland Symphony Orchestra is funded both by the Icelandic government as well as the City of Reykjavik. In 2019, 8,670,182 USD (1,184 million ISK) was allocated to the Iceland Symphony Orchestra from the State Treasury. The City of Reykjavik also allocated 1,882,000 USD (257 million ISK) to the Orchestra in 2019.
In 2019, the National Theatre received 10,537,493 USD (1,439 million ISK) from the State Treasury.
366,139 USD were allocated to The Media Committee for the year 2019 (50 million ISK).
30,096,660.81 USD was allocated to the National Broadcasting Service in 2019 (4,110 million ISK).
135,471.59 USD (18.5 million ISK) was allocated to the fund from the State Treasury in 2019.
In 2019, 67,699.18 USD was allocated to the fund from the State Treasury (9.245 million ISK).
In 2019, 7,322.79 USD was allocated to the fund from the Icelandic State Treasury (1 million ISK).
For the allocation period of the second half of the year 2020 to the former half of the year 2021, a total of 28,422 USD (25,750 EUR) was allocated from the fund to support various projects.
The Arni Magnusson Institute receives 4,394 USD (600,000 ISK) annually from the State to be allocated through the Snorri Sturluson Fellowships, though allocations granted per year often exceed this amount.
In 2019, 1,245 USD (170,000 ISK) was considered the monthly stipend for each individual receiving support from the Fellowships.
219,684 USD (30 million ISK) is allocated annually to the center from the Ministry of Industries and Innovation and the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.
In 2019, a total of 8,126,831 USD (1,110 million ISK) was allocated to the Fund from the State Treasury.
In 2019 the State Treasury reimbursed a total of 8,173,748 USD (1,116 million ISK) as part of the filmmaking reimbursement incentive.
8,648,213 USD was allocated cumulatively from the State Treasury to the Regional Development Plan and Regional Offensive Strategies in 2019 (1,181 million ISK).
14,645.6 USD (2 million ISK) from the State Treasury annually.
Iceland Music received an allocation of 146,456 USD (20 million ISK) for the year 2019 from the State Treasury.
21,748.68 USD
In 2019, the Association distributed 78,719.98 USD in allocations (10.75 million ISK).
In 2019, 318,541 USD (50.4 million ISK) was allocated from the Fund over the course of two separate allocation periods.
An additional 417,399 USD (57 million ISK) will be allocated in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the government's response.
In 2019, 724,956.06 USD was allocated to the fund from the State Treasury (99 million ISK).
In 2019, the fund allocated a total of 154,511 USD (21.1 million ISK).
In 2019, 524,311.66 USD was allocated to the fund from the State Treasury (71.6 million ISK).
In 2020, 2,149 USD is allocated to the council from Iceland (14,517 DKK). The Council's total annual budget in 2020 is 141,257 USD (954,047 DKK).
In 2019, 4,474,223.78 USD was allocated to the fund from the Icelandic State Treasury (611 million ISK).