Post-COVID Recovery is a Familiar Challenge for Global Film, TIFFCOM Seminar Is Told

One way to help the film industry prepare for the post-COVID future would be to look at lessons from the past, a Monday seminar at TIFFCOM, the market component of the Tokyo International Film Festival, heard. Shiina Yasushi, head of TIFFCOM, said that Japanese film studios faced a similar dilemma with the growth of home video in the 1980s. They managed to counter falling box office revenues by getting into video themselves. “My concern is how we can enjoy revenues from streaming markets, especially SVOD,” he said. Other speakers at the session included: Mathieu Fournet, head of the international policy… Read Full Article