Danish Film Institute
Danish filmmaking remains influenced by the state through the Danish Film Institute (DFI), which was founded in 1972, and which remains an important source of funding for numerous filmmakers. This has resulted in a much criticized lack of innovation (notably, Dogme95 happened in spite of strong resistance from the Film Institute) and frequent accusations of nepotism and cronyism, for example when DFI-employee Mikael Olsen greenlighted 28 million kroner of government subsidy money to his childhood-friend Peter Aalbæk Jensen, then went on to work for him in a high-ranking position.
The Danish Film Institute however has also achieved a high level of professionalism even if more or less reserved for a few selected genres and production companies (mainly Nordisk Film, Zentropa and Nimbus Film). In February 2008, Nordisk Film bought half of Zentropa, which frequently coproduces with Nimbus Film, but such tax-funded, state-sanctioned monopolies are rarely frowned upon in Denmark.
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