ISRAEL – Inside the Gate-Keeping: One Filmmaker’s Fury at Israel’s Festival Circuit
Film Industry Watch continues its coverage of the simmering controversies around Israel’s cultural institutions. Earlier this month an award-winning documentary producer sent Film Industry Watch a blistering note about his experience on the Israeli
Greece: Talented, independent filmmakers? Rejected. Visionary projects? Ignored. But Our Wild Days? That got the golden ticket.
By Hector Alejandro Morales, Film Industry Watch contributor and Greek industry insider. The latest film from Vasilis Kekatos was funded with 488.596,99 € from the Cash Back Financing initiative in Greece (EKOME) and an additional 23
Hot Docs 2025 — When a Programmer’s Credits Creep onto The Screen
This article was prompted by yet another recent anonymous email from Indonesia. Please keep contacting us with information. Dear Film Industry Watch team, This is another voice from Indonesia that got moved by reading ur articles and knowing th
A Voice from Indonesia: A Filmmaker Exposes Feudalism and Fear in the Film Industry
In response to one of our latest articles, an anonymous filmmaker from Indonesia has stepped forward with a harrowing account of how nepotism, intimidation, and “feudalistic” power structures dominate her local film industry. In a candid letter s
Friss Hús Budapest Short Film Festival – a statistical abnormality
Film Industry Watch recently received the following anonymous email: Dear Editors, As this year’s edition is Hungarian Friss Hus Budapest Short Film Festival’s first as an Oscar-qualifying festival, it might be important to shed some ligh
Greece is open for business — just don’t expect to get paid!
How Corruption and Cronyism at EKOMED Threaten to Derail Greece’s Film Renaissance By Eugenio R. Bregman a Film Industry Watch contributor and Greek film industry insider. Update: A response by EKOMED has been made here. Greece’s thriving film in