Despite the increasing production capacities of small countries, their films struggle to reach international audiences. Festivals could help these productions achieve global exposure and secure distribution deals. Building on research on …
This study analyzes how economic, demographic, and geographic factors predict the representation of different countries in the global film festival circuit. It relies on the combination of several open-access databases, including festival programming …
Film festivals are a key component in the global film industry in terms of trendsetting, publicity, trade, and collaboration. We present an unprecedented analysis of the international film festival circuit, which has so far remained relatively …
A talk about cultural and gender diversity in internaitonal cinema programming.
A talk about differences in the levels of cultural diversity between small and large cinemas internationally.
Like in much of the world, cinema screens in Australia are dominated by feature films from the US. Drawing on the Kinomatics Global Showtime Dataset, a big cultural dataset of cinema screenings, this chapter considers the diversity of films screened …