
approach, some other researchers emphasize that
cultural policy is expressed through systematic and
directive guidelines for action, taken by agencies to
achieve the goals [18, 8]. These research
perspectives tend to be governance and
administrative, whereby film development is
bureaucratic rather than creative or organic, and
"through the implementation of policies,
organizations attract, train, create, distribute,
financially support, depict or disclaim individuals
and activities related to artists and works of art” [1].
In the field of management, film development
policy is understood as the public policy of a
country, first of all, cultural policy is a system of
State regulations expressed in documents to manage
film activities [16, 5]. Film development policy in
particular, cultural policy in general is taken to
mean “a body of operational principles,
administrative and budgetary practices, and
procedures which provide a basis for cultural action
by State" [20]. With this approach, UNESCO asserts
that a cultural policy as well as film development
policy cannot be suitable for all countries; Each
country determines its film development policy
according to its cultural values, goals, and choices.
So for each country, cultural policy, and film
development policies have different important roles
in the management and development of culture,
depending on the cultural values and the goals that
the country pursues.
Discussing the role of film development policy,
many contents were confirmed in the management
of social development. However, within the scope
of this research, the author focuses on analyzing the
role of film development policy, which is confirmed
by many researchers through basic aspects and
inherited by the author to carry out its research
objectives, which are: The role of orientation and
regulation of cinema development; The role of
engaging subjects for cinematography development
[9, 14, 3, 1].
2.1 The Role of Guiding and Regulating
Cinema Development (GR)
In the form of a country's public policy, film
development policy as well as other socio-economic
policies are "expressed in the form of a normative
law promulgated by competent state agencies and
uniformly implemented within the country and
region; orienting and regulating the socio-economic
development of the country and the region” [14].
This role is demonstrated when the film
development policy meets the requirements:
- GR1. Determining the goals of cinema
development under national cultural traditions and
development trends of contemporary society,
modernization, and international integration. With
this goal, the film development policy will orient
creative cinema activities to both serve the national
political tasks and meet the requirements of
integration development according to the movement
trend of the domestic society and international.
- GR2. Determining the content of cinema
development by the country's history and culture
and the audience's enjoyment needs. This is the
content that shows a clear orientation, whereby film
organizations can determine the scope of activities
and creativity to both preserve the national cultural
identity and meet the market demand in the region,
and the political and social goals of the State.
- GR3. Moderating and adjusting the activities of
film organizations in an appropriate form to develop
these organizations following the general plan on
the network of national and local film organizations.
This role clearly shows the impact value, mainly the
administrative impact of film development policy on
film organizations to fulfill the objectives of state
management, to establish and maintain stability and
development for film organizations in particular,
and the system of arts and culture organizations in
general.
Both theory and practice show that to orient and
regulate cinema development, it is necessary to
involve the State and stakeholders through planning,
promulgating, and implementing film development
policies. Regulating through a system of film
development policies “to achieve established
cinema development goals; at the same time
promote the positivity, overcome the limitations in
the process of cinema development; contribute to
creating balances in the development of cinema”
[2]. Film development policy with the role of
guiding and regulating the development of cinema
"not only focuses on the majority group, but also
pays attention to minorities and marginalized
groups, allocates resources appropriately; balancing
according to the objectives and orientations of the
State on cultural development; limiting cultural
development trends that are not conducive to the
general development of society through control,
censorship, licensing, and sanctioning activities”
[13]. Performing this role, film development policy
will contribute to the reconciliation of conflicts and
problems arising in the process of cultural and film
development, such as conservation and sustainable
development, culture and cinema integration, but
not entirely dissolving, integrating to shine.
WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on ENVIRONMENT and DEVELOPMENT
DOI: 10.37394/232015.2022.18.52