Small Country, Complex Film Policy: The Case of the Czech Film Funding System

The approach of each European country to the Digital Single Market strategy from a film industry perspective is not just a response to the technological and commercial transformation of recent years, but is based on concepts of the film industry and the willingness of the state to interfere and support. Therefore, in monitoring current attitudes and identifying future strategies, it is appropriate to recall the development of the legitimacy of the institutionalized film sphere within a wider national cultural policy. It is also essential to keep in mind that the existing organization of the production side of the film industry is in a fragile equilibrium of market-based solutions and state intervention which is vulnerable to rapid change.