Handbook Of State Aid For Film: Finance, Industries And Regulation (media Business And Innovation)

This book is an analysis of the specificities of public film funding on an international scale. It shows how public funding schemes add value to film-making and other audio-visual productions and provides a comprehensive analysis of today’s global challenges in the film industry such as industry change, digital transformation, and shifting audience tastes. Based on insights from fields such as cultural economics, media economics, media management and media governance studies, the authors illustrate how public spending shapes the financial fitness of national and international film industries. This highly informative book will help both scholars and practitioners in the film industry to understand the complexity of issues and the requirements necessary to preserve the social benefits of film as an important cultural good. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxx Why Study State Aid for Film? A Necessary Clarification (Paul Clemens Murschetz, Roland Teichmann, Matthias Karmasin)....Pages 1-21 State Aid for Film: A Synoptic Overview of Current Issues (Paul Clemens Murschetz, Roland Teichmann)....Pages 23-36 Front Matter ....Pages 37-37 The Economics of Film Financing: An Introduction (S. Abraham Ravid)....Pages 39-49 Film Finance: The Role of Private Investors in the European Film Market (Olivier Debande)....Pages 51-66 Film Governance in the EU: Caught in a Loop? (Olga Kolokytha, Katharine Sarikakis)....Pages 67-82 Governance, Public Interest, and Public Film Funding: An Integrative Theoretical Framework (Avshalom Ginosar)....Pages 83-97 State Subsidies to Film and Their Effects at the Box Office: Theorizing and Measuring Why Some Genres Do Better than Others (Gianpiero Meloni, Dimitri Paolini, Manuela Pulina)....Pages 99-117 How Financing Shapes a Film Project: Applying Organizational Economics to a Case Study in Norway (Terje Gaustad)....Pages 119-134 How Hollywood Applies Industrial Strategies to Counter Market Uncertainty: The Issue of Financing and Exhibition (Robert Alan Brookey, Zeyu Zhang)....Pages 135-150 Front Matter ....Pages 151-151 Public Funding for Film and Audio-Visual Works in Europe: Key Industry Statistics 2010–2014 (Martin Kanzler, Julio Talavera)....Pages 153-174 The European Commission’s Approach to Film Funding: Striking a Difficult Balance (Sophie De Vinck, Caroline Pauwels)....Pages 175-191 Supporting Film Distribution in Europe: Why Is Overcoming National Barriers so Difficult? (Tim Raats, Ilse Schooneknaep, Caroline Pauwels)....Pages 193-210 Film Funding Law in the European Union: Discussing the Rationale and Reviewing the Practice (Delia Ferri)....Pages 211-226 Film Funding in Australia: Recent History and Empirical Analysis (Jordi McKenzie, Craig Rossiter)....Pages 227-249 Exploring the “Ecosystem” and Principles of Austria’s Film Subsidy Schemes: Is Austria a “Best-Practice” Model for a Successful Film Policy? (Roland Teichmann, Paul Clemens Murschetz)....Pages 251-271 Film Subsidies, History, and the “Economization of Culture” in Austria: An Expert Interview (Alexander Horwath, Roland Teichmann)....Pages 273-285 Public Film Funding Under a Federalist Paradigm: A Synoptic Analysis of State Aid for Film in Germany (Udo Bomnüter)....Pages 287-310 France’s Protected and Subsidised Film Industry: Is the Subsidy Scheme Living Up to Its Promises? (Patrick Messerlin, Isabelle Vanderschelden)....Pages 311-332 Government Failure: The Ineffectiveness of Italian State Subsidies to Film (Emanuele Teti, Alan Collins, John Sedgwick)....Pages 333-348 Evaluating the Effects of Protectionism on the Film Industry: A Case Study Analysis of Korea (Jimmyn Parc)....Pages 349-366 Diversifying Public Film Funding Policies in Latin America (Tamara L. Falicov)....Pages 367-382 Feature Film Funding Between National and International Priorities: How Does New Zealand Bridge the Gap? (Natàlia Ferrer-Roca)....Pages 383-401 Regulating the Mandatory Participation of TV Networks in Financing the Movie Industry: The Case of Spain (Víctor Fernández-Blanco, Ricard Gil)....Pages 403-425 Public Film Policy and the Rise of Economic Principles: The Case of Switzerland (Marco Cucco, Gloria Dagnino)....Pages 427-445 United Kingdom: Film Funding, the “Corporate Welfare System” and Its Discontents (Jack Newsinger, Steve Presence)....Pages 447-462 Beyond the “Studio System”: Public Support for Films in the United States (B. Kathleen Gallagher, Amy Aughinbaugh, Zannie G. Voss)....Pages 463-480 Evidencing the Economics of Film Festival Funding: Do Government Subsidies Help? (Gerald Zachar, Michael Paul)....Pages 481-505 Front Matter ....Pages 507-507 Gender Inequality for Directors in the European Film Industry: Focus on Austria (Francine Hetherington Raveney, Birgit Moldaschl, Anna Koblitz)....Pages 509-530 “Avant-Garde Film” Goes Digital Video: How Does the United States Fund Digital Video Art and Experimental Filmmaking? (Kristen M. Daly)....Pages 531-549 Movie Analytics and the Future of Film Finance. Are Oscars and Box Office Revenue Predictable? (Christophe Bruneel, Jean-Louis Guy, Dominique Haughton, Nicolas Lemercier, Mark-David McLaughlin, Kevin Mentzer et al.)....Pages 551-578 An Irish Film Industry or a Film Industry in Ireland? The Paradoxes of State Aid (Roderick Flynn)....Pages 579-595 Tax Incentive Schemes for Film Production: A Pivotal Tool of Film Policy? (Oliver Castendyk)....Pages 597-614 TV Film Financing in the Era of “Connected TV”: How Do “Legacy” Broadcasters Respond to Market Changes? (Sven-Ove Horst, Paul Clemens Murschetz, David N. Brennan, Mike Friedrichsen)....Pages 615-633 Crowdfunding Movies: A Business Model Analysis from Strategic Management Studies (Olivier Braet, Sander Spek, Caroline Pauwels)....Pages 635-656 Back Matter ....Pages 657-666