Future film policy

The plan counts film as culture that should be available to all and demands that culture be free from commercial control and exist throughout the country, with a statutory public responsibility for cultural life. When streaming services undermine the current financing model, it follows from the plan that a new and broader audiovisual policy needs to be investigated. The financing form of film policy is not explicitly addressed.

• culture free from commercial controldecisive»Det är viktigt att kulturen står fri från såväl kommersiell som politisk styrning och finns i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It is important that culture is free from both commercial and political control and exists throughout the country.”
• statutory public cultural responsibility»landsting och kommuner ska ha ett lagbundet ansvar för att kulturlivet« (party programme ↗)“municipalities and counties must have a statutory responsibility for cultural life”
• film as part of culture»Kultur som konst, musik och film bidrar till att skapa ett rikare samhälle att leva i för alla.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture such as art, music and film contribute to creating a richer society to live in for everyone.”
• counteract market power over culture»Marknadsmakten har ett starkt grepp om Internet, tv och kultur.« (party programme ↗)“Market power has a strong grip on the Internet, TV and culture.”

The plan states that technological development is changing the media market and wants to bind together digital distribution with powerful investments in live culture, while power concentration shall be combated. An investigation into new and broader audiovisual policy as cinema audiences decline and streaming services grow follows from this. Film policy's financing model is not explicitly addressed.

• digital distribution and live culturedecisive»Vi vill möta utmaningarna genom att binda samman den digitala teknikens gränsöverskridande distribution med kraftfulla satsningar på den levande kulturen.« (party programme ↗)“We want to meet these challenges by binding together digital technology's boundary-crossing distribution with powerful investments in live culture.”
• diversity in media policy»Att motverka maktkoncentration och att upprätthålla mångfald ska vara centrala delar av samhällets medie- och IT-politik.« (party programme ↗)“Countering power concentration and maintaining diversity shall be central parts of society's media and IT policy.”
• support for media and public service»Vi vill grundlagsskydda public service. Mediestödet ska ge förutsättningar för oberoende och lokalt förankrad nyhetsförmedling i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to provide constitutional protection for public service. Media support shall provide conditions for independent and locally anchored news dissemination throughout the country.”
• living cultural life»Sverige ska ha ett levande, fritt och obundet kulturliv som både stärker samhörigheten och utmanar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall have a living, free and independent cultural life that both strengthens community and challenges.”

The plan wants to invest in a broad recovery plan for the entire cultural sector and modernize copyright so that creators' rights are safeguarded in new distribution formats. Cultural policy shall rest on artistic freedom and a diversity of expression. An inquiry into a new, broader audiovisual policy when the financing model no longer suffices is therefore in line with the plan.

• broad investment in cultural lifedecisive»satsa på en bred återhämtningsplan för kulturlivet i hela landet, som omfattar både offentliga, fria, professionella och ideella aktörer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“invest in a broad recovery plan for cultural life across the country, which includes public, free, professional and voluntary actors.”
• modernized copyright»förbättra kulturskaparnas ekonomiska och sociala villkor och modernisera upphovsrätten så att kulturskaparnas rättigheter värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“improve cultural creators' economic and social conditions and modernize copyright so that creators' rights are safeguarded.”
• artistic freedom and diversity»Kulturpolitiken ska grundas på respekt för den konstnärliga friheten och yttrandefriheten och stimulera en mångfald av kulturella uttryck.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Cultural policy shall be based on respect for artistic freedom and freedom of expression and stimulate a diversity of cultural expression.”

The party programme states that digitalisation challenges the traditional view of copyright and that regulations must be developed according to the new conditions technology has created, which is precisely what changed distribution and publication patterns mean for film. The election manifesto moreover makes culture throughout the country and free culture starting points. An investigation into a broader audiovisual policy is therefore in line with the plan.

• copyright must be developeddecisive»Digitaliseringen utmanar den traditionella synen på upphovsrätten.« (party programme ↗)“Digitalisation challenges the traditional view of copyright.”
• culture throughout the country»Att tillhandahålla kultur i hela landet är en viktig utgångspunkt för Centerpartiet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Providing culture throughout the country is an important starting point for Centerpartiet.”
• free and independent culture»Den akademiska och konstnärliga friheten liksom den fria kulturen är grundbultar i ett vitalt civilsamhälle.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Academic and artistic freedom as well as free culture are cornerstones of a vital civil society.”
• culture's broad value»Kultur är både djupaste mening, ytligaste underhållning, kunskap och gemenskap« (party programme ↗)“Culture is both deepest meaning, most superficial entertainment, knowledge and community”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The party programme establishes that state film policy should be replaced by a broad multi-party agreement where everyone from filmmakers to broadband companies are represented, thus a reconsideration of today's model. The counter-proposal's requirement for an inquiry about a new, broader audiovisual policy based on changed distribution and audience patterns aligns with this. The plan also requires that copyright be adapted to new technology and new distribution forms.

• reconsidered film policydecisive»Det statliga filmpolitiken bör ersättas av en bred partsöverenskommelse« (party programme ↗)“State film policy should be replaced by a broad multi-party agreement”
• adaptation to new distribution»Upphovsrätten måste dock anpassas till ny teknik och nya distributionsformer.« (party programme ↗)“Copyright must however be adapted to new technology and new distribution forms.”
• new technology increases access»Den nya tekniken ökar tillgängligheten till kultur.« (party programme ↗)“New technology increases access to culture.”
• culture's own worth»Kulturpolitiken ska värna kulturens eget värde gentemot rena nyttoändamål.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Cultural policy shall value culture's own worth against purely utilitarian purposes.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan places on the state the responsibility for cultural infrastructure throughout the country and for the performing arts to get good conditions to operate, which argues for the financing model to be tested when public and distribution patterns have changed. The fact that the public should actively help to bring culture to citizens points in the same direction. The plan says nothing about audiovisual policy as an area, so the basis is weak.

• cultural infrastructure throughout the countrydecisive»svara för det som brukar benämnas en kulturell infrastruktur, i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“to provide what is usually called cultural infrastructure, throughout the country.”
• good conditions for the arts»Det offentliga har ansvar för att konstarterna får« (party programme ↗)“The public has responsibility for the performing arts to get”
• culture shall reach citizens»ska inte bara garantera kulturell frihet, utan också aktivt bidra till att kulturen kommer medborgarna till« (party programme ↗)“shall not only guarantee cultural freedom, but also actively contribute to bringing culture to citizens”
• decisions at appropriate level»fattas på en ändamålsenlig nivå.« (party programme ↗)“made at an appropriate level.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's media policy aims at a broad range of media in different formats operating freely and in competition, and it wants to reform support to meet digital transformation. An inquiry into a broader audiovisual policy when production, distribution and audience patterns have changed aligns with that stance. The plan is at the same time cautious about public financing of culture, which makes the support weaker.

• support adapted to digital transitiondecisive»Reformera mediestödet för att stödja den digitala transformationen och omställningen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reform media support to support digital transformation and transition”
• broad range in different formats»Moderaternas mediepolitik har som mål att skapa förutsättningar för ett brett utbud av medier i olika format som kan verka fritt, självständigt och i konkurrens med varandra.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Moderates' media policy aims to create conditions for a broad range of media in different formats that can operate freely, independently and in competition with each other.”
• caution over culture support»offentlig finansiering och politiska ambitioner utgör en risk.« (party programme ↗)“public financing and political ambitions pose a risk.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that outdated rules need to be adapted according to how people consume and create content in the digital society and wants public cultural funds to be distributed with greater citizen influence. An investigation into a new, broader audiovisual policy that responds to streaming's breakthrough is in line with that, while the plan wants to reduce the public's economic control over the media sphere. The committee's reasons that the government is already preparing considerations are not addressed.

• rules adapted to digitaldecisive»Föråldrade regler om upphovsrätt behöver också anpassas efter hur människor konsumerar och skapar innehåll i det digitala samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Outdated rules on copyright also need to be adapted according to how people consume and create content in the digital society.”
• citizen influence over cultural funds»Fördela offentliga kulturmedel och utforma offentliga miljöer med ett större medborgarinflytande« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Distribute public cultural funds and shape public environments with greater citizen influence”
• reduced public control»Minska det offentligas ekonomiska kontroll över samtidskulturen och mediesfären« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce the public's economic control over contemporary culture and the media sphere”
• free cultural institutions»Samtidigt ska oberoende kulturinstitutioners frihet från politiska pekpinnar värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“At the same time the freedom of independent cultural institutions from political directives shall be protected.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.