According to him, government subsidies need to be increased, “to strengthen protectionist protection measures,” reports RIA Novosti.
“Because if we are at least somehow subsidizing, we support domestic filmmaking ... then, in terms of state protection - protecting our market, we simply confidently occupy the last place among all states that want to have their own cinema, unfortunately,” the minister said.
He stressed that the ministry is “pushing through” local measures of state protectionism.
"But this is not enough. The Ministry of Culture continues to insist on strengthening the policy of state protection, ”said Medinsky.
However, he noted that society is not ready for this.
“We are told: do you want to ban Hollywood? This is met with resistance from commercial structures, networks that are afraid of losing their teenage audience ... There is resistance from the Hollywood lobby, ”he added.
Earlier, Medinsky said it was necessary to strengthen measures of state protectionism in the field of cinema, otherwise it would be destroyed by the “Hollywood world machine”.