Roy-M. Martens’ Post

Read our latest newsletter here and see highlights from Maine Film Center where our CEO attended the Maine Film Festival

Not only in the UK.

🎬 Fulton Films partnered with the Georgia Latino Film Alliance and Film Festival to host the Latino Film Festival #FultonCounty 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eRjdAQ25 🤝 This dynamic partnership emphasizes Fulton County’s commitment to promoting economic growth, highlighting inclusive narratives in film, and enhancing opportunities within the film sector #SelectFulton

Some great advice on film festivals from Gary Hewitt of HB Film Festival: how not to get scammed, why screening your imperfect film is still important and how screening with an audience changes how you see your film. Watch the full video 👇

https://lnkd.in/eQyDidBC https://lnkd.in/ecSRSPbz Film festivals are so important to the growth of our film industry

Today officially a member of the European Film Academy

Been preaching this for a while. As L.A. continues to suffer, international film incentives continue to surge and expand. Various states in the U.S. are taking advantage. The world is wide open. Great reporting by Lucia Moses for Business Insider Leaving Los Angeles: Why the film industry is ditching Hollywood https://lnkd.in/gnQjTQZz

At this year’s Chicano Hollywood Elevate Conference, Director Kim Spurgeon and Deputy Director Danette Tull participated in a panel about ways Film Commissions support filmmakers. In this clip, Kim shares how the Nevada Film Office is a free resource dedicated to supporting filmmakers of all levels. Thank you to Chicano Hollywood for the opportunity. Cc Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) #nevadafilm #filmnevada #filmindustry #filmcommissions

These same questions can be asked about Visual Effects schools. Specifically, students should ask some fundamental questions before paying that tuition. 1- Will your school (and it's completion degree) increase your chances at getting a job? 2- Will there be jobs (entry level and upward) in your target industry after graduation? 3- Will you get a return on your investment of time and money back to you? 4- Would making your own projects and learning to sell your own products return better compensation?

North Carolina has lost over 10 billion dollars to the state of Georgia since legislators let our film incentive policy sunset in 2015. North Carolina had a solid competitive advantage and actively employed more folks than the 3,700 figure cited below. TV & film production employed folks across the state, including carpenters, caterers, electricians, and more. North Carolina’s economic development advantage is leveraged through competitive incentive programs. A frequent false narrative is that they are not “permanent” jobs. A solid production pipeline facilitates annual employment across the state, attracts a diversified workforce who will live, work and spend money in state, increasing tax revenue for the state, without having to raise taxes to overcompensate for the revenue losses. North Carolina has the opportunity to facilitate extensive workforce development via University of North Carolina School of the Arts and our other Universities and our extensive community college system, actively investing in economic diversification to keep North Carolina more strategically dominant in our developing global economy. Partisan & identity politics is not smart pro-growth economic development policy. Coalition building to create a better quality of life for all fellow North Carolinians is our path to a brighter future.