The Minister’s decision reflects a great deal of knowledge

Representatives of the Icelandic Film School express great dissatisfaction with the decision of Guðmundur Inga Kristinsson, Minister of Education and Children’s Affairs, that the students of the school be transferred to the Technical School and graduate from there. In their opinion, the administration of the ministry is a pure power.

Hlín Jóhannesdóttir, Rector of the Film School, sent the media a statement on the matter tonight, but under it she writes together with teachers and staff of the school. The statement states that the way the Ministry of Education and Children’s Affairs presented earlier today reflects a great deal of knowledge of filming.

«  » It should be clear after the past few weeks that we, teachers and staff of the Icelandic Film School are ready to put a lot of effort into protecting our students and at the same time protecting the great professionalism and 30 years of experience that the Icelandic Film School has. high for chest.

This so-called solution of the Ministry of Child and Education is no solution, but in our opinion, pure power. It is difficult to see what lies behind or what the ministry’s goal is, ”the statement says.

« The ministry intends to complete the current students of the Film School to complete the current semester in the faculties of the Technical School of Iceland, which have little to do with filming.

Has graduated over 600 students

The specifics of film studies and many years of talks and the work of the film school and the authorities on the school’s education at the university level are completely overlooked, not to mention all the costs that the state government has put into that work. The Technical School operates at the upper secondary level.

We remind you that the Icelandic Film School has graduated over 600 hundred students from specialized studies in filmmaking. Surveys have shown that the majority of those students work entirely in film making after completing their studies, and many in addition to jobs in industries that are based on their expertise from film studies at the school, ”says further.

Has evolved over a long period of time

It also states that the school’s curriculum, the structure of the special departments and the organization of their collaboration has developed over a long period of time of professionalism that has placed the film school on a list of strong foreign film universities after international audits, despite the fact that the school has not yet been able to work at the university level.

« The school has had many of our most qualified filmmakers in a group of teachers and part -time teachers. the film award, to name a few.

It is our sincere hope that the road trip that the Ministry of Children and Education has announced will not be taken today. «