The Global Film Market Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Era : Production, Distribution and Consumption

This book reviews the development and performance of the global film industry during the COVID-19 pandemic and examines new trends in film production, distribution and consumption through a global lens. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on the global film industry since the beginning of 2020. There has been significant transformation in terms of film production, distribution and consumption. Hollywood, like many national cinemas across the globe, has suffered the most significant impact at all levels: the interruption of new film productions, shutdowns of movie theatres in many countries and delays in the release of new films, among them. Many movies made for cinemas were forced to move from release in theatres to various streaming platforms, and nontraditional production companies continued to grow their market share. This book places the global film industry in a post-Pandemic context. It provides detailed analyses of specific systems of film production, distribution and consumption in national cinemas, as well as in Hollywood, while also engaging with the key theoretical and methodological questions from the film studies literature. This volume is a critical reference for students and scholars of film studies and general readers who are interested in the new trends and transformation of the global film industry in a post-pandemic era. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license. "This book reviews the development and performance of the global film industry during the COVID19 pandemic and examines new trends in film production, distribution and consumption through a global lens. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial impact on the global film industry since the beginning of 2020. There has been significant transformation in terms of film production, distribution and consumption. Hollywood as well as many national cinemas across the globe have suffered the most significant impact at all levels: the interruption of new film productions, shutdowns of movie-theatres in many countries and the delay of new films' release among them. Many movies made for cinemas were forced to move from theatrical release to various streaming platforms and non-traditional production companies continued to grow their market share. This book places the global film industry in a post-Pandemic context. It provides detailed analyses of specific systems of film production, distribution and consumption in national cinemas as well as Hollywood, whilst also engaging with the key theoretical and methodological questions from the film studies literature. This volume is a critical reference for students and scholars of film studies and general readers who are interested in the new trends and transformation of the global film industry in a post-Pandemic era"-- Provided by publisher Cover Half Title Series Title Copyright Contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors Foreword Acknowledgments 1 The global film industry in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic 2 The global film industry index research report, 2021 3 China film industry development report 2020 4 The development of Chinese film screening in 2020 5 The development of the Chinese animation industry in 2020 6 The development of the North American film industry in 2020 7 The Korean film industry during the COVID-19 pandemic 8 The distribution model for Hollywood blockbusters during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 9 The UK film industry in 2021 10 The UK film industry in 2020 11 Cannes: Creative City UNESCO 12 The Macedonian film industry in 2020: Market volume of the 2020 film industry in COVID-19 conditions 13 Market volume of the 2021 Macedonian film industry 14 How Polish independent film production survived the pandemic in 2020 15 The Potsdam film industry in 2020 16 Spain’s audiovisual hub, the Spanish audiovisual answer 17 Santos’s answer to the film industry during the COVID-19 pandemic 18 Contagion, crises, closures, compassion: Bollywood battles COVID Index