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Goodfellas President Vincent Maraval shared the secret behind his undying enthusiasm for the film industry in the face of numerous challenges in an industry panel at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
‘It comes from a love and passion for cinema… We still want to see a dream come true on the screen, on a platform, on TV. That’s what drives us,” he said.
“The complexity of our business is also part of the excitement. We need to adapt ourselves and our business and look for films or TV programs that will find a buyer or an agent.”
Maraval was talking on a panel on the state ofthe Global Film Industry in 2023 as part of San Sebastian’s Creative Investors’ Conference on Tuesday, organized in association with CAA Media Finance.
The complexity of the market was at the heart of the chat which also featured mk2 films MD Fionnuala Jamison; Blueprint Pictures Co-Chairman Pete Czernin, wiip Head Of Global Drama David Flynn and was moderated by CAA Media Finance co-head Roeg Sutherland.
A current development, they all agreed on, was the growing shift away from the U.S. a magnet for international film and TV talent due to a combination of factors topped by the streamers, the pandemic and to a lesser extent the Hollywood strikes.
“I think a lot of filmmakers are not looking to have to go to America to succeed. They’re quite happy, being successful on their own terms in Europe or Latin America,” said Flynn.
Maraval said this shift had been further accelerated by the strikes even if its roots lay in the platforms.
“They helped the audience to be more open,” he said of the role the platforms. “The strikes accelerated this movement.”
He also suggested that independent U.S. cinema had also become less global in its outlook in recent
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