Reykjavik Film Festival
Hronn Marinsdottir is the Director of the Reykjavik International Film Festival. In 2008 the global financial crisis hit Iceland. It had a dramatic effect on the the event because one of the three biggest sponsors of the festival had also played a major role in the financial crisis and stopped sponsoring the festival. So Hronn and her team had to figure out what to do in order for the festival to survive. Visit casenet.ca for more free, open access decision focused video teaching cases from Acadia University.
Interviewee
Hronn Marinosdottir
Company
Industry
Business Activity
Reykjavik Film Festival
Festival
Arts, entertainment and recreation
Headquarters
Reykjavik, Iceland
Size
Small
Employees
25 to 500
Less than $1 million
Yearly Revenue
Private Company
Type of Entity
Subject
Management
Level of Difficulty
Easy
Teaching Objectives
Learn about festival industry
Keywords
Funding Shortfall
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