Film Fund paid more than half a million for a prestigious film that did not materialize

The Dutch Film Fund has paid out more than €5.500,000 in subsidies to a prestigious feature film for which it was uncertain from the start whether it would be released and whether there would be enough money for it. The fund made exceptions to its own rules and did not check whether the film was actually completed. This is evident from research by Nieuwsuur and NRC. It concerns the film Lucca Mortis by the well-known British arthouse director Peter Greenaway, who lives in Amsterdam.