In 2019, the Association of Film Commissioners International ("AFCI") and global creative industry consultancy firm Olsberg SPI (“SPI”) published the Best Practice in Screen Sector Development report.

The first report of its kind, it highlighted successful polices, strategies, and other interventions to drive sustainable growth in the film, documentary and television (“Screen”) production sector around the world.

There has been unprecedented global growth in Screen production in recent years, as well as significant changes and challenges, including the global COVID-19 pandemic, labour strikes in the US, and rapid technology advancements.

Five years on, Best Practice in Screen Sector Development has now been expanded to include diversity, equity and inclusion (“DEI”), sustainability and partner engagement as key areas of best practice, alongside updates to the previous areas of analysis (production incentives, workforce capacity, infrastructure and film friendliness).

Through analysis of these seven areas, the study examines the strategies and policies that have been implemented by established and emerging jurisdictions around the world to maximise Screen production activity and adapt to the changed Screen production landscape.

Olsberg SPI is renowned for its reports on various countries' film industries and has previously produced one for the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC).

Read the full report here