Claude Forest

This volume is based on the results of a survey about film spectatorship and the uses of films today that was carried out in two North African (Morocco and Tunisia), and two Sub-Saharan (Tchad and Togo) countries. The survey with 3000 respondents used a similar questionnaire adapted to local specificities in the different countries. The analysis of

In countries with an enormous film supply coming essentially from other continents, but with its own (albeit irregular and sometimes non-existent) film production, what have been the dominant modes of production? What has been the impact of the digital revolution on the modes of production? What are the economic, industrial and social issues raised

While cinemas have been closing across the African continent, film production has boomed and access to film has considerably increased for urban dwellers. How do people watch films today? Which films do they watch? Does this still count as cinema? The essays in this volume explore spectatorship in Africa.

A major fact since the end of the 20th century has been the increasing participation of internationalisation in the financing of film and audiovisual productions. Certain States strongly encourage their production, particularly tax wise, thus modifying the scope of international alliances and both quantitative and qualitative levels of films and...

The papers on cultural diplomacy are quite substantial, very few concern the production and distribution of films. This book fills this gap with the research project that led to it: Exporting and supporting cinema in the context of Instituts français and Alliances françaises.

This volume is based on the results of a survey about film spectatorship and the uses of films today that was carried out in two North African (Morocco and Tunisia), and two Sub-Saharan (Tchad and Togo) countries. The survey with 3000 respondents used a similar questionnaire adapted to local specificities in the different countries. The analysis of

A major fact since the end of the 20th century has been the increasing participation of internationalisation in the financing of film and audiovisual productions. Certain States strongly encourage their production, particularly tax wise, thus modifying the scope of international alliances and both quantitative and qualitative levels of films and...