1st Edition

Global Film Policies New Perspectives

Edited By Ruby Cheung, John Hill, Nobuko Kawashima, Paul McDonald Copyright 2026
218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

Global Film Policies challenges conventional analyses of film policy as a stand-alone public policy confined within national boundaries and usually focused on supports for film production. The book argues for a more multi-faceted approach, extending beyond national boundaries and broadening its scope to recognise how other forms of policy pertain to film, including tax, labour, language and... Read more

Introduction: New perspectives on film policy, Nobuko Kawashima and John Hill 

1. Tax incentives in the audiovisual landscape: The economic and the cultural, John Hill and Maria O’Brien

2. Accidents waiting to happen?: Policies, practices, and pitfalls in keeping film and TV workers safe, Kevin Sanson

3. Soft power, nation branding and public diplomacy: Film policy in international relations, Nobuko Kawashima

4. Regional futures, civilisational pasts: Unravelling the spacetime of Sino-Indian film co-production, Nitin Govil

5. Film policy, sociolinguistic politics and Chinese-language film industries, Ruby Cheung

6. Between economic development and social inclusion: Film education and training policy in the UK and Europe, Duncan Petrie

7. EDI film policies and their discontents, Shelley Cobb and Jack Newsinger

8. Rethinking cultural imperialism: The Ibermedia programme, Jara Fernández Meneses

9. UNESCO’s convention for the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions: International obligations, local priorities, Mette Hjort

10. European film and television policy in the streaming era: Beyond the 2018 AVMSD, Christopher Meir 

Index

Biography

Ruby Cheung is Associate Professor in Film Studies at the University of Southampton, UK.

John Hill is Professor of Media at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Nobuko Kawashima is Professor at the Faculty of Economics at Doshisha University, Japan.

Paul McDonald is Professor of Media Industries at King’s College London, UK.