Development of the Global Film Industry (China Perspectives)

The global film industry has witnessed significant transformations in the past few years. Regions outside the USA have begun to prosper while non-traditional production companies such as Netflix have assumed a larger market share and online movies adapted from literature have continued to gain in popularity. How have these trends shaped the global film industry? This book answers this question by analyzing an increasingly globalized business through a global lens.

Development of the Global Film Industry examines the recent history and current state of the business in all parts of the world. While many existing studies focus on the internal workings of the industry, such as production, distribution and screening, this study takes a "big picture" view, encompassing the transnational integration of the cultural and entertainment industry as a whole, and pays more attention to the coordinated development of the film industry in the light of influence from literature, television, animation, games and other sectors.

This volume is a critical reference for students, scholars and the public to help them understand the major trends facing the global film industry in today’s world.

Qiao Li is Associate Professor at Taylor’s University, Selangor, Malaysia, and Visiting Professor at the Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He has a PhD in Film Studies from the University of Gloucestershire, UK, with expertise in Chinese-language cinema. He is a PhD supervisor, film festival jury member, and enthusiast of digital filmmaking with award-winning short films. He is the editor of Migration and Memory: Arts and Cinemas of the Chinese Diaspora (Maison des Sciences et de l'Homme du Pacifique, 2019).

Yanqiu Guan is Associate Professor at Beijing Film Academy the College for Modern Creative Media, Qingdao, China. She has published more than 20 research articles and papers on film producing and entertainment law, including Research on Film Industry Promotion Law (Blue Book of Film, 2018).

Hong Lu is a lecturer at the Art and Communication School of Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China. Her research interests are in animation creation and the animation market. She has published more than a dozen papers on Chinese TV animation and the Chinese animation film industry, including Report on the Development of Chinese Animation Film Industry (Blue Book of Film, 2019).