National Cinema Council

STRUCTURE

The National Cinema Council shall be appointed for a term of two years by an order of the Executive Director of the Agency and shall be composed of 12 members: persons with higher education with education and qualification degree of “Master” in the field of “Arts” or “Social, economic and legal studies” and no less than 5 years of experience in the film industry sector. The members of the National Cinema Council shall be nominated under a proposal of professional associations and of the non-profit legal persons, carrying out an activity in the film industry sector. As a member of the Council one representative, nominated by the agency, obligatorily must be included.

Two months before the end of the term of office of the National Cinema Council the Minster of Culture shall announce a list of the professional associations and the non-profit legal entities, carrying out activities in the field of film industry, and their quotas.

FUNCTION

The National Cinema Council shall:
• develop and propose to the Minister of Culture via the Executive Director of the Agency a National Program for the Development of the Film Industry;
• in cooperation with the Executive Director, propose and justify before the Minister of Culture the amount of state funding for the implementation of the national policy in the film industry sector;
• draw up, discuss and propose to the Executive Director of the Agency drafts of legislative acts in the filed of film industry under a proposal of professional associations and non-profit legal entities in the filed of film industry;
• propose to the Executive Director of the Agency Bulgarian films an annual quota for production of Bulgarian debut films;
• propose to the Executive Director of the Agency Bulgarian films for showing at European and world competitions and nominations.
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