There were about 6,700 people working in the film/music industry in the Lake Constance region in 2015 in around 1,800 businesses. With four per cent of employees, this area of the creative industries was one of the smallest sub-markets. In Liechtenstein, the audiovisual market employed 2.9 per cent of all workers in the country. The film industry in Liechtenstein was the second smallest sub-market in 2011, employing 0.3 per cent of the workforce. But now this creative sector is also on the move.
By participating in the EU programme “Creative Europe” (2021–2027), Liechtenstein aims to increase the growth, professionalisation and competitiveness of the cultural and creative sector (see 1.4.2). Those working in the arts and culture in Liechtenstein are dependent on having an impact beyond the country’s borders. This is particularly true of the audiovisual sector. The “Media” sub-programme promotes the production of European television features and supports film producers and video game developers in developing their works with European and international marketing potential. It also provides support for the cross-border marketing, branding and distribution of European audiovisual and video-on-demand services (online distribution).
Since 1984, film makers, some of them trained at film schools, have been critically examining Liechtenstein’s reality in documentary films and shedding light on topics of contemporary history. As there was no professional infrastructure for film production in Liechtenstein, intensive in terms of materials, personnel and costs, and no state film funding to speak of, they were largely limited to low-cost video productions. Nowadays, however, there are several media companies in Liechtenstein that produce documentaries, image films and advertising films.
Since 2019, Liechtenstein has had a modern cinema location for all age groups with the “Skino” art house cinema in Schaan. The Liechtenstein Cultural Foundation supported the project and has also concluded performance agreements with the Skino Film Club and the Liechtenstein Film and Video Club. A total of five per cent of the Cultural Foundation’s 2019 budget went towards audiovisual media. To date, there is no video game industry in Liechtenstein.
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