Financing Bold Films Takes More Than Money
At Zurich Summit, Online Fandom Finds Its Way to the Big Screen
Did TIFF’s First Market Deliver for Buyers? The Answer Is Yes, With Caveats
The Global Film Sales Playbook Is Changing as Pre-Sales Carry Less of the Load
Cinema Owners Have Invested $2.7 Billion in Theatres. What Is That Money Buying?
There was a point, not all that long ago, when the movie theatre industry wasn’t wondering whether it had enough premium large format screens. It was wondering whether audiences would ever come back at all. Five years removed from some of the darkest days the movie theatre business has experienced,…
Cinema’s Creator Problem Is No Longer Just About Marketing
For years, the film industry’s relationship with online creators followed a fairly predictable model: invite them to premieres, provide access to talent and hope their followers notice the movie. At the Venice Production Bridge (3-9 September), producers, platforms, creators and Italian film institu…
Film Marketing Needs to Start Earlier. Eurimages Is Learning How Hard That Can Be
If the industry consensus is now that film marketing needs to start earlier, Eurimages has spent the past two years trying to fund what that actually looks like. The results suggest money helps, but it cannot by itself synchronize producers, sales agents, distributors and festival strategies that st…
Everyone Wants to Market Independent Films Earlier. So Why Doesn’t It Happen?
A working session at the Venice Production Bridge attempted to unpick the varying priorities of producers, distributors and sales agents, raising some uncomfortable questions. The independent film sector is never short on conversations about audience development. What it lacks, judging by a closed w…
The Paramount-Warner Merger Is Permanent. The Guardrails for Movie Theatres Are Not
The state settlement puts theatrical output, windows, rental terms and catalogue access into a court order, but allows a permanent merger to close without the structural remedies California and the other state attorneys general once demanded. California Attorney General Rob Bonta had a peculiar assi…
Britain’s Best Cinemas – BIFA Unveils Longlist of Nation’s Favourite Cinemas
Paramount Pictures and Caruso to Reopen the Iconic Bay Theater in Palisades Village
Cineplex Delivers Highest Quarterly and September Box Office Performance in Company History
