ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on institutional or semi-formal models of filmmaking prevalent in world cinema after the late 1980s. In the 1990s, other film companies, distributors, and producers moved into the field, strengthening the trend initiated by the Weinstein Company, with a deeper impact on world cinema. The filmmaking process is supported by two sources of funding: private and public. Among private financiers, there are five main levels: corporate finance; equity finance; distributors that bring in money from pre-sales; co-production finance; and other sources of sponsorships. One of the recurrent features of the dominant production practices map discussed in the chapter is a certain transition from the national model of production to transnational or regional production practices. Along with various co-production models, international film festival financing has also assumed a greater role in the production of world cinema.
