- A new edition of a successful textbook on an established, growing and core area of film study, this book is specifically aimed at students taking film business courses. - The only book to look at the film business outside of Hollywood and to teach how to finance films within an international context. - Includes real life examples and case studies from UK, Europe and the USA, including new dedicated chapters on Netflix and the Chinese Film Industry.

Over the last two decades European films have lost two-thirds of the cinema-going audience to American films. Among the different approaches and cost structures of the European and American industries there is one area where the US invest significantly more than Europe: development. This text focuses on this critical stage of the film-making process. It is based on extensive research and interviews with more than 70 industry practitioners. It provides details of national and pan-European funds which are available for film development, as well as information about training initiatives for writers and producers. There is also a useful directory of contacts, addresses and application procedures for public and private funding bodies throughout Europe. This book provides practical advice and information for any film producer, script executive, writer or director aiming to move their projects from the idea stage into production, and to exploit the market for their scripts and films.

- A new edition of a successful textbook on an established, growing and core area of film study, this book is specifically aimed at students taking film business courses. - The only book to look at the film business outside of Hollywood and to teach how to finance films within an international context. - Includes real life examples and case studies from UK, Europe and the USA, including new dedicated chapters on Netflix and the Chinese Film Industry.

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.