The cleaver fell at the end of the year and it was widely commented on … The Pays de la Loire region has decided to make 82 million euros in savings on its 2025 budget. Drastic cuts are in the boxes, especially in the culture sector. A massive planer stroke, which has left many voiceless cultural actors, and in particular the team of the Spanish Cinema Festival in Nantes.
Pilar Martinez Vasseur, co-director of the Spanish cinema festival: “The cumulative loss between the complete abolition of the region’s subsidy and the reduction of that of the department, this represents a 25 % drop in our overall budget. The repercussions are first of all the number of days, two days Moreover.
It is a 25 % drop in our overall budget
To this is added “A reduction in the number of films and a reduction in the number of guests. We had contacted producers, directors and guests. This also means a whole series of events around and at the heart of the festival which may not take place because of this reduction. “
-Concretely, the Pays de la Loire region has decided to remove its grant from 38,000 euros. The team learned it on November 20, a month before the budget vote and 4 short months before the festival holds.
A historic date, for the Spanish festival
A brutal announcement, according to Pilar Martinez Vasseur, co-director of the event. “It was a historical date for us on November 20, the day of the death of General Franco. It is true that it is an unprecedented date and it is by a phone call that we learned. One of the people of the Culture Commission (from the Pays de la Loire region) called me to tell me on the phone, telling me that the grant allocated to the festival was deleted, as well as all the subsidies allocated to film festivals In the region.
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