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Abstract

European film co-productions and the economic and cultural integration of nation-states are supported by a financial structure defining a shared culture. The theories, regulation and literature of the flexible specialised (post-Fordist) Hollywood system provide a framework for this case-study of European institutions, through an analysis of empirical industrial data and archival news reports. This thesis finds gaps in the regulation of the processes of co-production and the flow of finance into the production sector, and builds evidence from the study of co-production procedures of a European film company (1993-2020). The European film production cycle is compared to the highly regulated flow of finance and revenue in the US model of film production and distribution. An institutional (production chain) perspective stresses the linkages of film making practices into defined systems, and theorises an innovative pan-European co-production and distribution model. Previous commentators have projected a development model of Europe adopting Hollywood economic structures; this thesis finds European film production and distribution systems to be defined by the logic of political and cultural norms and national and transnational policies.

Publication Type:	Thesis (Doctoral)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1993 Motion Pictures
Departments:	School of Policy & Global Affairs > Department of Sociology & Criminology School of Policy & Global Affairs > School of Policy & Global Affairs Doctoral Theses Doctoral Theses

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