The Framings and Strategies of Cinema Professionals. Report on International Understandings of the European Film Industry

The report examines the views of non-European film professionals, focusing in particular on six non-European union (EU) countries (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, and Türkiye) regarding the European film industry (EFI) both generally and in terms of its presence in these six markets. Specifically, it highlights existing linkages between European actors (at the EU level and at the level of Member States) and the six selected case studies in terms of film festivals, and co-production markets. In a context of the gradual intensification of the externalisation of cultural and audiovisual EU policy (Pauwels and Loisen, 2016), understanding the views of non-European film professionals regarding the European Film Industry and its global presence will support an evidence and needs-based approach to the continued
development of international and global EU film policy, strengthening its effectiveness and impact and, consequently, supporting policies that in the long-term reinforce cultural relations between the EU and the six countries surveyed.