Industry Report: Europe and the Rest of the World
What can Europe learn from the world's countless other film industries, and what can it offer them?
Toronto 2026 - TIFF: The Market
Sovereignty must extend from land to screen, Arctic Indigenous storytellers say at Toronto
Professionals linked the growing geopolitical focus on the region to questions of creative control, arguing that collaborations led by natives must generate ownership, skills and lasting value
“Festivals should reveal the future of cinema, not become the last stop before streaming”
Marco Müller • Director, Film Arts Research Centre at Shanghai University
The veteran programmer and former artistic director of Locarno, Venice and IFFR speaks about the importance of discovering cinema beyond the Western canon
“Our ambition is not only to distribute films in Taiwan, but to grow alongside our audience”
Mike Chang • Distributor, Andrews Film
The managing director of the Taiwanese outfit speaks about distribution as a form of curation, and about building collections of films that create an engaging thematic dialogue
“Our goal is to support projects at every stage of the filmmaking cycle”
Argen Adil Uulu • Festival director, Bishkek International Film Festival
The head of the Kyrgyz gathering discusses its fourth edition, its role as a Central Asian industry hub, and the balance it strikes between commercial and auteur cinema
Visions du Réel 2026 – VdR-Industry
Visions du Réel industry talk weighs the realities of Europe-US documentary co-productions
Such co-productions are less a question of feasibility than of successful navigation, as mismatched systems, legal hurdles and funding gaps force producers into improvised strategies
“Narrative sovereignty is about telling our stories to create our own future”
Inunnguaq Petrussen • CEO, Film Institute of Greenland
We had the unique opportunity to speak with the head of Greenland’s brand-new film institute about his first 90 days and using this moment to champion Greenlandic self-determination
“European cinema, both fiction and documentary, represents roughly one third of our slate”
Paul Wiegard and Vera Herchenbach • Distributors, Madman Entertainment
The two Australian distributors dig deep into their work with European titles, and how their market is responding to industry and audience transformations
Industry / Market - Switzerland/Europe
The global challenges of audiovisual authors’ rights discussed at the World Intellectual Property Organization
The event held in Geneva focused on worldwide issues affecting audiovisual authors, and called for enhanced legal safeguards, fair compensation and policy reforms
“We are sometimes seen as the little brother on the other side of the ocean”
Mireille Tremblay-Caron • Head, Marché du court, Festival Regard
We spoke to the head of Canada’s only short-film market, which hosts a number of public activities, and networking events for local and international industry guests
“The main focus is ensuring the story and characters resonate powerfully with the audience”
Ariel Nasr, Yanick Létourneau • Director and producer of Daudistan
The director and the producer of the project selected for the Nouveau Marché in Montreal detail their motivations for telling this particular story as well as the challenges it poses
“Horsemen are of great importance to Burkina Faso but remain absent from the screens”
Fabien Dao, Moustapha Sawadogo • Director and producer of Princesse Téné
The brains behind the project selected for the Nouveau Marché in Montreal break down the origins of their film and what they hope to gain by attending the Canadian event
Industry / Market - Karlovy Vary 2024 - KVIFF Eastern Promises
At Karlovy Vary, Bridging the Dragon unpacks co-production opportunities with Asia
European producers could benefit from Asia's pool of diverse talent and resources, its flourishing market, and the presence of co-financing and financial incentives, the speakers underscored
“We aim to become a leading, flagship festival in Central Asia”
Erke Dzhumakmatova • Coordinator, CAF Pitch programme, Bishkek International Film Festival
The coordinator of the Kyrgyz gathering’s industry sidebar takes stock of this year’s edition and touches on the process of co-producing with Central Asian countries
Industry / Market - Italy/Europe/Asia
The Far East Film Festival’s Focus Asia industry programme reaffirms its commitment to European-Asian collaboration
The Italian festival’s platform for cross-continental industry cooperation included two new partnerships and an unprecedented number of market submissions
Industry / Market - Europe/UK/USA
Films and TV programmes feature a "glaring absence" of climate change-related terms
A recent study in the USA found that only 0.6% of scripts mentioned the term "climate change" at least once between 2016 and 2020, and a UK study came to similar disheartening conclusions
“Our public funds facilitate shoots and film-related training”
Carmen Julia García, Erika Chávez • Head of the Office for Image and Nation Branding Strategy, and manager of the Peruvian Directorate of Audiovisual, Sound Production and New Media
The two representatives of Peru, the guest country at MAFIZ, visited Málaga to strengthen ties with Europe and invite foreign crews to film in its diverse array of locations
Industry / Market - Europe/USA
By 2027, FAST revenues will surpass $10 billion in the USA, while in Europe, they will only exceed $1 billion
We asked Frequency CEO and media entrepreneur Blair Harrison to comment on the figures provided by Omdia’s latest report and discuss the reasons behind the disparity
