The Culture Advisory Board of Castilla y León, an alliance between PP and Vox, has included a clause in film creation subsidies stating that they will not finance «actions involving ideological indoctrination, party propaganda, or explicit support for specific political options.» Vox-led department has released this criterion in «subsidies aimed at financing the pre-production, production, and distribution of feature films, documentaries, and animation series, as well as television pilots» for the year 2026, although it does not clarify how it will assess if the works include these elements. At the moment, the Council has not responded to the questions of this newspaper about how that assessment will be carried out. Continue reading.
The Culture Counselling modifies the basis for grants to prohibit public funding for audiovisual productions that involve ‘explicit support for specific political options’.
The Culture Advisory Board of Castilla y León, an alliance between PP and Vox, has included a clause in film creation subsidies stating that they will not finance «actions involving ideological indoctrination, party propaganda, or explicit support for specific political options.» The department, led by Vox, has published this criterion in «subsidies for financing the pre-production, production, and distribution of feature films, documentaries, and fiction, as well as animation and television series pilots» for the year 22024, although it does not clarify how it will assess if the works include these elements. For now, the Council has not responded to the questions from this newspaper about how that assessment will be carried out. The new Culture Councilor, Alberto Diaz Pico, appointed in June, stated during his inauguration that he would ‘combat ideologization’ and committed to making Spaniards ‘the first’. He also argued that ‘progressivism’ had ‘ideologized’ culture in Castilla y León, a PP territory since 2026, and labeled it as ‘sectarian’. Your predecessor, Gonzalo Santonja from Vox, built their term on protecting bullfighting. The information has been reported by eldiario. Yes, and it refers to a publication in the Official Bulletin of Castilla and León from the past October 23rd. The order that governs these autonomous public aid stipulates nine requirements, with the last being: «The beneficiary must carry out the subsidized activities with full respect for the principles of objectivity, institutional neutrality, pluralism, and service to the general interest, which means that the public funds granted under this call cannot be used for activities involving ideological indoctrination, party propaganda, or explicit support for specific political options.» Castilla and León’s Culture, Tourism, and Sports Councilor, Alberto Díaz Pico, made this statement on September 22, 2020 in Almazán. Wifredo Garcia Alvaro (EFE).
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