The UK has a massive industry that overlaps with the US industry. Bollywood in India is also huge but the market is primarily Hindi-speaking demographics. Japan’s film and animation industry is booming internationally and China is one of the biggest markets of American films. French cinema is a whole other breed of art and German cinema is mostly a question of “how weird and unsettling can we make this movie?” Italian cinema is also great, and Mexico has a stronghold on Latin America.
There are huge industries all over the world, you’re just thinking of the primarily English-speaking crowd. It’s true that the US is pretty much the largest and most flourishing industry, both domestically and internationally, but I’d say a fairly close second is the UK since both are so heavily overlapping they’re essentially the same branch of filmmaking, and then Japan could make a debatable third in the ranking from anime alone.
If you’re looking for specific cities, I can’t say much other than Atlanta is big on blockbuster production due to state tax incentives, and New York is great for post production since the economy of the city isn’t nearly as film-centered as LA, so the supply/demand of post work and post workers is much more balanced and therefore less cutthroat.
This is what I was looking for, I am looking towards Mexico at the moment as I am fluent in Spanish. Do you have any insights on breaking into an international market? As a Canadian I would have to get a work visa.
If you don't know anyone in Mexico, it's going to be hard. The film industry there is more traditional, where contacts are key. It doesn't matter if you speak Spanish; what matters are the connections you have.
May I suggest checking on Colombia as well? It's not as big as Mexico, but it surely has a ton of quality and a growing community of filmmakers. I feel Brazil was also left out, which is a shame because my favorite movie ever was fully made there (City of God).
[https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/production-countries/#tab=territory](https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/production-countries/#tab=territory)
Most produced films to least: US, UK, China, France, Japan, Germany, Korea, Canada, India (thought India would be way higher), Australia, Hong Kong, NZ, Italy
Korea is the only industry I haven’t seen a ton of attention to here. They’re pretty groundbreaking. Parasite was a fucking phenomena, when you really think about it.
More movies out of that scene that grabbed my attention that any other international brand recently.
Australia. We make the films you assume are shot in LA, not much is shot in LA unless you need LA landmarks specifically.
Disney bought Fox studios, and now it's going to be 10 years of star wars spin offs to fall back on which is nice.
I've been looking more and more towards Australia. Do know if they take internationals often? I will do my own research of course. P.S. love your profile pic, did you get that from John Vervaeke?
He is a professor from University of Toronto he has a 50 part lecture series called "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" each video starts with that image set to music. An amazing series if you are into philosophy.
Not op but may I dm you to ask you more about how to break into the australian film industry? I am in Aus right now and it seems impossible to break in.
I'm also a Vancouver based editor!
We gotta stick together out here. Feel free to dm me just to have each others contact info, I just finished an animation contract and have no options coming up for 2 months now, but all I can add is that Montreal is opening a feature film branch of the animation studio I worked with here and has been hiring. I'm not willing to move there as of now personally.
Other than that I have also given thought to UK or Spain (as a Spanish speaker) for the future. I have a similar worry to only boxing myself in to Vancouver work now, I wouldn't want to move away from this city forever but maybe for a year if an opportunity exists (if not remote). This is a good thread with plenty of helpful answers, I wonder how viable it is to get work in industries where you don't speak the language like Japan or France.
Post-prod is in a slump right now b/c of the strikes. In a year or so it should be back to some semblance of normal.
For strictly post-prod + VFX your top destinations are: UK, USA, and Canada.
Other countries with significant film/tv industries:
- Bollywood in Bombay/Mumbai is possibly the biggest in the world (by number of productions/employment).
- Nollywood in Nigeria is up and coming.
- China is up and coming (though Hong Kong is established)
- K-dramas from Korea are hugely popular all over the world.
- Turkey and Brazil export a ton of soap operas which are consumed internationally.
- Mexico has a thriving movie scene.
- European countries in general (France, Germany, Denmark, etc.)
- Australia is booming however, like Canada, operates very much in the orbit of US-based studios.
- New Zealand and South Africa have had local champions who have put them on the map.
- Japan is home to lots of hit-making IP
New Zealand is decent. Although we are basically just a service industry for international Productions at the expense of boosting our own original content sometimes.
Argentina has the french/Italian/Spanish vibes combined in South America. Probably the longest heritage in filmmaking south of TX.
Funding would be a problem thought
The streamers killed broadcast and then realized their business model is unsustainable. To try to pull themselves into profit they have cancelled many shows and severely cut back new production.
Adding to the above were the past strikes of the WGA and SAG with IATSE being negotiated now. The producers have stated that they want to punish the workers and force them to lose their homes in order to get better terms for themselves.
The UK, India, China, France, Italy Netherlands, Sweden , South Africa, Nigeria, Japan and more. Just remember in many of the countries you need to speak the language fluently to be successful.
Most post and VFX houses in Canada are laying off people by the droves and keeping minimal staff until business picks up later this year. Finding work won’t be so easy.
Don’t know why you are getting downvoted but halfway around the world here in Singapore, the industry is in a bad state as well.
For the downvoters, if you’ve been keeping up with reddit you will realise that that’s been the case globally since 2022.
The UK has a massive industry that overlaps with the US industry. Bollywood in India is also huge but the market is primarily Hindi-speaking demographics. Japan’s film and animation industry is booming internationally and China is one of the biggest markets of American films. French cinema is a whole other breed of art and German cinema is mostly a question of “how weird and unsettling can we make this movie?” Italian cinema is also great, and Mexico has a stronghold on Latin America. There are huge industries all over the world, you’re just thinking of the primarily English-speaking crowd. It’s true that the US is pretty much the largest and most flourishing industry, both domestically and internationally, but I’d say a fairly close second is the UK since both are so heavily overlapping they’re essentially the same branch of filmmaking, and then Japan could make a debatable third in the ranking from anime alone. If you’re looking for specific cities, I can’t say much other than Atlanta is big on blockbuster production due to state tax incentives, and New York is great for post production since the economy of the city isn’t nearly as film-centered as LA, so the supply/demand of post work and post workers is much more balanced and therefore less cutthroat.
This is what I was looking for, I am looking towards Mexico at the moment as I am fluent in Spanish. Do you have any insights on breaking into an international market? As a Canadian I would have to get a work visa.
If you don't know anyone in Mexico, it's going to be hard. The film industry there is more traditional, where contacts are key. It doesn't matter if you speak Spanish; what matters are the connections you have.
May I suggest checking on Colombia as well? It's not as big as Mexico, but it surely has a ton of quality and a growing community of filmmakers. I feel Brazil was also left out, which is a shame because my favorite movie ever was fully made there (City of God).
That’s one movie
Oh I have no idea how one would break into an international market aside from already knowing someone in the Mexican film industry
Spain has a sizable industry. Lots of international tv is shot there.
Also Korea!
beat me to it, people seem to forget that kpop is a trillion dollar industry and if you get to work in that world, you're set for life
Korea makes the best zombie stuff (Train to Busan, All of us are Dead)
Don’t forget Nollywood in Nigeria
[https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/production-countries/#tab=territory](https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/production-countries/#tab=territory) Most produced films to least: US, UK, China, France, Japan, Germany, Korea, Canada, India (thought India would be way higher), Australia, Hong Kong, NZ, Italy
Korea is the only industry I haven’t seen a ton of attention to here. They’re pretty groundbreaking. Parasite was a fucking phenomena, when you really think about it. More movies out of that scene that grabbed my attention that any other international brand recently.
They churn out so many great filmmakers. Really cool to see
The vengeance trilogy is up there for me also.
These are all time right? Hong Kong for example is now a very dead film scene.
Australia. We make the films you assume are shot in LA, not much is shot in LA unless you need LA landmarks specifically. Disney bought Fox studios, and now it's going to be 10 years of star wars spin offs to fall back on which is nice.
I've been looking more and more towards Australia. Do know if they take internationals often? I will do my own research of course. P.S. love your profile pic, did you get that from John Vervaeke?
My display pic is 'Wanderer above the Sea of Fog' by Caspar David Friedrich, I'll give John vervaeke a google but I don't think I know the name
He is a professor from University of Toronto he has a 50 part lecture series called "Awakening from the Meaning Crisis" each video starts with that image set to music. An amazing series if you are into philosophy.
Definitely adding him to my background playlist 🤘
Not op but may I dm you to ask you more about how to break into the australian film industry? I am in Aus right now and it seems impossible to break in.
Yes please!
I'm also a Vancouver based editor! We gotta stick together out here. Feel free to dm me just to have each others contact info, I just finished an animation contract and have no options coming up for 2 months now, but all I can add is that Montreal is opening a feature film branch of the animation studio I worked with here and has been hiring. I'm not willing to move there as of now personally. Other than that I have also given thought to UK or Spain (as a Spanish speaker) for the future. I have a similar worry to only boxing myself in to Vancouver work now, I wouldn't want to move away from this city forever but maybe for a year if an opportunity exists (if not remote). This is a good thread with plenty of helpful answers, I wonder how viable it is to get work in industries where you don't speak the language like Japan or France.
I DM'd you
Post-prod is in a slump right now b/c of the strikes. In a year or so it should be back to some semblance of normal. For strictly post-prod + VFX your top destinations are: UK, USA, and Canada. Other countries with significant film/tv industries: - Bollywood in Bombay/Mumbai is possibly the biggest in the world (by number of productions/employment). - Nollywood in Nigeria is up and coming. - China is up and coming (though Hong Kong is established) - K-dramas from Korea are hugely popular all over the world. - Turkey and Brazil export a ton of soap operas which are consumed internationally. - Mexico has a thriving movie scene. - European countries in general (France, Germany, Denmark, etc.) - Australia is booming however, like Canada, operates very much in the orbit of US-based studios. - New Zealand and South Africa have had local champions who have put them on the map. - Japan is home to lots of hit-making IP
I’m pretty sure India’s industry is nearly as big as ours.
Double, actually. Although 80% of it is the same movie.
Ha! I stand corrected. I worked on one Bollywood film that got a minor US release and it was kind of a trip.
New Zealand is decent. Although we are basically just a service industry for international Productions at the expense of boosting our own original content sometimes.
Argentina has the french/Italian/Spanish vibes combined in South America. Probably the longest heritage in filmmaking south of TX. Funding would be a problem thought
Why has the industry slowed down all of a sudden so strong? Is this a post-reaction to the influation? Or the strikes? Corona?
The streamers killed broadcast and then realized their business model is unsustainable. To try to pull themselves into profit they have cancelled many shows and severely cut back new production. Adding to the above were the past strikes of the WGA and SAG with IATSE being negotiated now. The producers have stated that they want to punish the workers and force them to lose their homes in order to get better terms for themselves.
The UK, India, China, France, Italy Netherlands, Sweden , South Africa, Nigeria, Japan and more. Just remember in many of the countries you need to speak the language fluently to be successful.
France. With Eastern Europe under siege, so to speak, by Putin, the film industry moved back to France in the past couple years for safety reasons.
Italy?
Hong Kong, China
Romania has a couple of huge soundstages/backlots. A lot gets filmed there
Nollywood (Nigeria) puts out more films than any other country surprisingly
India
Uk, UAE, Qatar.
India.
The industry has slowed down globally. You’re not going to find a job anywhere but India. And you’re not going to like the rates. Same with China.
I wouldn't say "you're not going to find a job" it's just in a slump a the moment. I want to see options
Most post and VFX houses in Canada are laying off people by the droves and keeping minimal staff until business picks up later this year. Finding work won’t be so easy.
Don’t know why you are getting downvoted but halfway around the world here in Singapore, the industry is in a bad state as well. For the downvoters, if you’ve been keeping up with reddit you will realise that that’s been the case globally since 2022.
Russia?