Buenos Aires -- Latin American film commissions have united to create a regional network charged with a mandate to foster new business and build exposure for the continent's film industry.
The long-gestating idea, inspired by the European Film Commission and the Association of Film Commissions International, was finally born at a meeting at the recent Locations Trade Show in Santa Monica.
This is the first time these commissions have come together to act as a regional entity. In recent years, the tendency toward collective action and continental consensus has had a pre-eminent role in the region's economical trade as well as in resolving major political conflicts.
The network's initial goals include offering foreign producers a variety of locations for their productions; creating mechanisms for one single production to be carried out in several Latin American cities; having a wider global exposure (through media, marketing and promotion); strengthening foreign producers' confidence...
The long-gestating idea, inspired by the European Film Commission and the Association of Film Commissions International, was finally born at a meeting at the recent Locations Trade Show in Santa Monica.
This is the first time these commissions have come together to act as a regional entity. In recent years, the tendency toward collective action and continental consensus has had a pre-eminent role in the region's economical trade as well as in resolving major political conflicts.
The network's initial goals include offering foreign producers a variety of locations for their productions; creating mechanisms for one single production to be carried out in several Latin American cities; having a wider global exposure (through media, marketing and promotion); strengthening foreign producers' confidence...
- 6/24/2010
- by By Agustin Mango
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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