The State of European Cinema - A New Dose of Reality

The State of European Cinema offers a critical review of the state of the industry at the close of the twentieth century. Finney spent two years researching and carrying out interviews with more than a hundred top film professionals. His findings offer dynamic and fresh perspectives on Europe''s film industry and include a detailed analysis of Europe''s public subsidy funds, co-production trends and cinema distribution systems, as well as practical information on screenplay development and training and an examination of Europe''s declining film-star system.>

About the author

Dr. Angus Finney is the course director at the London Film School’s and Exeter University’s MA in International Film Business; and a visiting lecturer on film and media businesses at Judge Business School, Cambridge University. He is Film London’s Project Manager for the Production Finance Market, an international event he has managed since 2007, and was Managing Director of Renaissance Films (1999– 2005). His publications include: The International Film Business: A Market Guide Beyond Hollywood, (2010, 2nd Ed: 2014); Developing Feature Films in Europe: A Practical Guide (1996), The State of European Cinema (1996) and The Egos Have Landed: The Rise and Fall of Palace Pictures (1996). He was awarded a PhD in Management from Cass Business School City University London in 2014.

Product details

• Authors: Angus Finney, Angus (The London Film School Finney, Finney Angus
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781474290708
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-9070-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Film Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections; Film Studies: Bloomsbury Academic Collections
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Europe, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General