Vinca Wiedemann stops by the rector at The Danish film school, after a conflict came to a head last Thursday.
It informs the ministry of Culture. The students at the school have demanded her departure.
‘the Situation at the national film school is untenable,’ starts acting minister of culture, Rasmus Prehn to say in a press release.
‘the School needs support from the students, teachers and industry. The support is there, unfortunately, no longer. It is both the principal Vinca Wiedemann and the ministry of Culture agreed. Therefore stops Vinca Wiedemann now as rector. Regardless of that Vinca Wiedemann has made a great effort, so don personspørgsmål not get in the way of the national film school of denmark and Danish cinema’s future. Now, there is a need for teachers, students and management together on their school again.’
the ministry of Culture has appointed Bo Damgaard as interim rector.
‘the national film school has been through a turbulent time. My first task will be to take off and meet with teachers and students – and have spoken with all parties, so that we can get in the school again,’ says the constituted rector:
‘I know the importance of The national film school of denmark has the Danish film. And I will do everything I can to school also in the future can be a place that trains some of the world’s most talented filmmakers.’
Vinca Wiedemann was appointed as rector at The Danish film school in march 2014.
Thursday was Vinca Wiedemann and the ministry of Culture agreed to stop the cooperation.
Bo Damgaard has been a director of FilmFyn and is a former chairman of the board of The Danish film institute and head of TV2, among other things, with responsibility Pasgol for filminvesteringer.
Students organised
You should otherwise not many days back to find this opinion of Wiedemann.
“I am employed by the minister for culture and employed to perform the work and tasks to ensure the school’s operation and development. It is my obligation,” said the dean to the news agency Ritzau.
She had according to the news no plans to stop.
But this she has done now after the agreement with the ministry.
the Conflict escalated seriously since dokumentarlinjens longtime leader Arne Bridge was discharged.
the Day after the opened current and former students to block the entrance to the school to show that they were dissatisfied.
They demanded the headmistress’s departure.
But the dissatisfaction did not come out of the blue. In January the students made at the national film school a mistillidserklæring to Vinca Wiedemann, of which 87 of the school’s 96 pupils had written during.
Arne Bros repatriation was the catalyst for a long-festering relationship, told Martin Anton Sørensen, who is studying in filmklipperlinjen.
“It’s not something directly with Arne Bro to do. We hold much of Arne, and he has a great importance, but it here is bigger than him. But we met because of his repatriation.” he said to the news agency Ritzau:
“We want to develop the national film school of denmark, together with a rector, we have the confidence, but we no longer have to Vinca, because we believe she has degraded education.”
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