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Voices from the Peripheries: A Study of the Regional Film and Television Business in Norway

Sand, Stine Agnete
Doctoral thesis
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2017
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Abstract
This thesis is a study of how regional film and television companies in Norway manage

to survive and achieve their goals in the context of a larger film and television business

that is centralised, economically fragile, and subsidy dependent. Interest in production

studies has boomed in recent years, but little of this research addresses regional film

and television companies. This thesis employs a production studies approach and

incorporates theory on place and work on the creative industries. It contributes to the

limited amount of research that accounts for both structural framework—in particular,

the impact of film policy and dependence on public funding on these companies—

and agency in terms of the intrinsic value of regional film and television production in

a local, national and global context. Using multiple perspectives, this thesis presents an

in-depth exploration of the advantages and disadvantages of being a regional film and

television company.

The case study is its principal methodological approach, including interviews with

film workers at four companies and employees at six regional film agencies, as well as

policy documents, websites, newspapers and productions. The thesis focuses on four

well-established regional film and television companies that have produced critically

acclaimed films. All are located outside Oslo, the hub of film production in Norway.

The four companies are Original Film in Tromsø, Northern Norway, Flimmer Film

in Bergen, Western Norway, Mer Film in Tromsø/Bergen, Northern/Western Norway,

and Filmbin in Lillehammer, central Eastern Norway.

This thesis argues that one of the greatest challenges to these regional companies (and

the government that supports them) is how to develop strong, sustainable regional

film milieus among a scattered populace like Norway’s. The regions suffer from low

production volume and brain drain and the research shows that these companies rely

on human resources to deal with this challenge. Policy development indicates that the

public funding of regional film is mostly based on regional and economic, but also

cultural, arguments—regional film, that is, should contribute to regional development,

economic growth and diversity. I argue that the economic and rural political rationale

for support of this business tends to undermine the cultivation of the cultural value of

regional film, as well as its quality and professionalism. However, the companies have

managed to produce critically acclaimed films and the thesis reveals how the peripheral

location can be a creative and economic advantage.
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Høgskolen i Innlandet - Lillehammer
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Doktoravhandlinger ved Høgskolen i Lillehammer;9

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