Film Industry Clusters
A Strategy for Urban and Regional Development?
Abstract
The film industry seems to have developed most strongly in specific cities/regions around the world. Based mainly on a review of the literature on urban and regional development in places where the film industry has usually been highly concentrated, this article: 1) explains why this concentration has occurred, 2) describes common trends in the industry’s international development, 3) examines the film industry’s overall economic impact and its contribution to cities/regions, 4) reveals the shared characteristics of film cluster production systems around the world, 5) and presents a model for governments interested in economically enhancing their cities/regions through the formation and development of a film industry-based cluster as a strategy for regional development.
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