Co-productions, festivals and national cinema

Overview

Film co-production, national cinema and difficulty of deciding a film's nationality.

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1. 1

   What is a film co-production?

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   A co-production is a film financed and made by companies from two or more countries under a formal agreement.

2. 2

   Give two advantages of a co-production for a small national film industry.

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   A co-production gives access to more than one country's public funding and tax reliefs, and it opens distribution in each partner's home market.

3. 3

   Give one disadvantage of a co-production.

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   Financing from several countries brings several sets of conditions on casting, location and language, which can pull a film away from the story its original producers wanted to tell.

4. 4

   Define national cinema.

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   National cinema is the body of film made within a country, understood as expressing that country's language, culture and concerns rather than only as an economic output.

5. 5

   Explain the difficulty of deciding a film's nationality.

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   A film may be financed in one country, shot in another with an international cast and post-produced in a third, so no single element settles where it belongs.

6. 6

   What does a film festival do for an independent film?

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   A festival supplies a premiere, press attention, critical reviews and a marketplace in which distributors and sales agents decide whether to buy the film.

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