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The FFA has responded to demands from the film industry advocating the digitisation of artistically valuable and historically significant works from German film history. An applicant can now receive funding for up to ten films per year, with a maximum of 15,000 euros for one film. A total of one million euros is still available for this project in 2012.
"Securing and preserving the national film heritage is one of the central tasks facing our industry in today’s digital media world," explains FFA President Eberhard Junkersdorf.
The only question now is who decides which films are worthy of receiving funding for digitisation? Hopefully people with good taste in films…
