Michael Franklin

Olsberg SPI, Screen experts discuss key trends in global film and TV production incentives The session was co-hosted by Joe Stirling Lee, consultant at SPI, alongside Screen's location editor Gabriella Geisinger.

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What an excellent group of scholars and topics! I'm excited to dive in.

Europe’s streaming ecosystem is growing fast, but sustainability frameworks are still fragmented.

StreamSCAPES is closing the gaps with the 2030 Policy Roadmap.

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#GreenStreaming #PolicyInnovation #Streaming #VODindustry

The Matter of Intellectual Property: Studying the Economic, Political and Cultural Nodes of the Contemporary Media Industries. 15th Media Mutations International Conference

🚨New publication 🚨A collection I co-edited with Paola Brembilla and Marco Cucco on the topic of Intellectual Property and the Audiovisual Industries has been published (in open-access!). All articles are available here (1): publishing.mediamutations.org/the-matter-o...

⏰Apply before 28 December⏰

If you are a Master’s student, want to work on copyright, AI, and media policy at the European level, and are interested in the cultural and creative sectors ... you might have what we are looking for 👀

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Streaming commissioning slowdown in European TV fiction production - European Audiovisual Observatory - obs.coe.int We serve European and international journalists with our press releases. We regularly publish facts, figures and analysis from our latest publications

Very interesting new report published today by the European Audiovisual Observatory on fiction (i.e. series and straight to TV/platform films) production and commissions up to 2024. (1) www.obs.coe.int/en/web/obser...

Go Marina! expressiveai.net

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BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, All Things Must Pass at 50 Discover the story of George Harrison’s most famous album.

11/27/70: George Harrison w/All Things Must Pass
Cue it up w/the Scorsese doc: youtube.com/watch?v=fJh9...
More:
@geochesterton.bsky.social:
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Tom Pinnock: www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/albu...
@nitinsawhney.bsky.social: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Official Teaser - In Theaters 12/21

youtube.com/watch?v=YKWX... tis the season

A popped a couple more of these in there for any Gould heads in your life: www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products...

Book is on sale - save 13 dollar bucks!

Political monitor: 1 December 2025 Creative PEC’s digest of the 2025 Autumn Budget

The Government’s 2025 Budget contains a number of interventions that will have an impact on the UK’s creative industries, spanning R&D, skills and business rates.

In this week’s Political Monitor, the Creative PEC Policy Unit digests some of the key findings.

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www.screendaily.com/news/bifa-se... Cheers to Warp Films. What a contribution. From Dog Altogether on, via EM Media, Scottish Screen, Warp X partnerships, & everything since just brilliant work & a brilliant company warpfilms.com/projects/

Japan’s Indie Film Financier K2 Pictures Wins Support From Major State-Backed Bank (Exclusive) The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) has become the latest major investor to back Tokyo-based K2 Pictures’ pioneering new film production fund, signaling growing institutional confidence in the company’s bid to shake up Japan’s long-stagnant film financing system.

The Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) has become the latest major investor to back Tokyo-based K2 Pictures’ pioneering new film production fund, signaling growing institutional confidence in the company’s bid to shake up Japan’s long-stagnant film financing system.

As highlighted by Alliance for IP - assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6925e6... perhaps hope for an effort towards www.eif.org/InvestEU/gua... www.eif.org/what_we_do/g...

Australia’s Streaming Quotas Become Law: “A Landmark Day For Screen Storytelling,” Says Production Body Australia's streaming quotas have become law, with Netflix and others now required to spend on original local content.

Australia's streamer regulations are now law. deadline.com/2025/11/aust...

November 2025 Update of SPI's Global Incentives Index Now Available — Olsberg SPI Download Olsberg•SPI’s Global Incentives Index for November 2025

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Submit your proposal for the @dariaheu.bsky.social Annual Event: deadline is December 22!

Full info: annualevent.dariah.eu

#ResearchInfrastructures #OpenHumanities #DARIAH

Great visit, great work, and great discussions nytimes.com/2023/02/25/a... www.ringsidestudios.com/ringsidemedia

SPI Publishes Fourth CoSTAR Creative Technologies International Scan — Olsberg SPI The Creative Technologies International Scans look at the adoption of technologies in gaming, television, film, performance and digital entertainment across the globe. 

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Kahlil Joseph’s mesmerizing debut BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, opening in theaters Friday, feels like a living, breathing dispatch from a time beyond ours, ushering in new possibilities for the form.

Read @jpraup.bsky.social's Critic's Pick review: thefilmstage.com/sundance-rev...

www.unic-cinemas.org/en/resources... Included showcasing of collaborative promotional campaign connecting exhibition & home ent. Chris Spelman ODEON, Liz Bales British Association for Screen Entertainment, Andrew Stewart Amazon Prime Video, shared insights from their cross-industry initiative

Pinewood’s Indie Film Hub moves away from IFTC pledge after hosting ‘Anxious People’ with Angelina Jolie EXCLUSIVE: The first project to shoot in the hub is Marc Forster's 'Anxious People', which did not use the IFTC.

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✨The SCENE EU Project is hosting its Final Event on 3 Dec 2025 at Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus (and online)! Featuring a keynote, 2 panel discussions, project insights & live demos of SCENE tools.

📝Register (hybrid): docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...

🔗Agenda: thesceneproject.eu/event/scene-...

Together with @streamscapes-eu.bsky.social, REBOOT Horizon Europe and CresCine, the seminar highlighted how culture is a strategic boost for the EU’s competitiveness, diplomacy, and sustainability.

#HorizonEurope #EUculture #CulturalPolicy #AudiovisualIndustry #ClimateTransition #AnimationIndustry

Cineville: Rethinking cinema subscriptions • Arthouse Cinema Hub As independent cinemas look for ways to bring audiences back more regularly, attract younger generations, and encourage diversity in programming, subscription models are emerging as a strategic tool t...

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Speakers call for radical overhaul of UK film and TV sector at British Screen Forum Speakers at the annual conference included Screen Scotland's Isabel Davis, Access Entertainment's Danny Cohen and writer-director Richard Curtis.

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Minister Ian Murray's speech at the British Screen Forum conference Creative Industries Minister Ian Murray addressed the British Screen Forum event, speaking about

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We understand that supporting the sector’s long term growth means rapidly improving access to finance for creative businesses and IP owners.

Promotional image for the film "Fallen Angels" directed by Wong Kar-Wai, featuring close-up of two characters played by Michelle Reis and Takeshi Kaneshiro. The image includes a "Staff Pick" badge from Kanopy and includes movie details like title, genre, and year.

Staff Pick of the Week:

FALLEN ANGELS (1995) Lost souls reach out for human connection amid a glimmering Hong Kong in Wong Kar Wai's hallucinatory, neon-soaked nocturne. Originally conceived as a segment of Chungking Express only to spin off on its own. https://bit.ly/4rh7Eaj

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