Association of Austrian Filmproducers
The Association of Austrian Filmproducers (AAFP), the association of Austrian film producers, is the largest Austrian interest group for film production companies. She advocates the diversity of Austrian filmmaking and the most varied types of films.
It was founded on February 3, 1971 as the Association of Austrian Film and TV Film Producers .
Board members: Gabriele Kranzelbinder , Axl Newrkla, Heinrich Ambrosch , Michael Kitzberger, Franz Novotny , Manfred Studnitzka, Antonin Svoboda, John Lüftner, Erich Lackner (co-opted) and J. Rosenberger (co-opted).
aims
Goals and tasks of the AAFP according to its own definition:
- Strengthening Austria as a film location
- Strengthening the production economy
- public: increase in federal funding; Promotion of the development and establishment of contemporary distribution channels, appropriate funding volumes from the federal states
- private: content delivery / media flat rate for the distribution of audiovisual content to finance content production, to develop new formats, forms of distribution and technical retrofitting
- Strengthening the legal position of producers
- Education: professionalization of the training of future employees in the Austrian film industry; Improvement of the framework conditions for university education; Introduction of media lessons etc.
- Expansion of international co-productions
- Strengthening the market presence at home and abroad
- Expansion of financing and exploitation options
- Transparent information policy
- Active communication with other film associations