The film festival umbrella organisation "Conférence des Festivals" has warned of the consequences of the licence fee initiative, on which Swiss voters will decide on March 8. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This would severely impair the visibility of film and reduce the cultural and international reach of Swiss festivals, it said. The “CHF200 is enough!” initiative wants to reduce the annual licence fee of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) from CHF335 ($430) to CHF200. The cuts to funding for the SBC initiative would "significantly weaken cultural diversity, the promotion of Swiss film and the ability of the audiovisual ecosystem to produce and distribute nationally and internationally," the Conférence des Festivals said in a statement on Friday. + Explainer: Swiss to vote on initiative to cut media licence fee The Conférence des Festivals comprises 14 Swiss film festivals, including the Solothurn Film Festival, the Locarno Film Festival ...
