Friends Reviewing Friends: Conflicts of Interest in Israeli press & Cinema
By Film Industry Watch Staff – with information provided by readers The Israeli film industry likes to talk about diversity, bold voices and creative risk. On paper, it is a vibrant scene. In reality, it is a tiny, self-reinforcing circuit of i
Alleged Conflicts, Zero Consequences: How Cannes Insiders Stay in Control
By Film Industry Watch Why Festival Gatekeepers Remain Unchecked Despite Alleged Conflicts of Interest Over the past few years, Film Industry Watch has reported on what appear to be alleged structural conflicts of interest inside major international
Cannes Critics’ Week’s “Next Step Studio Indonesia”: A New Pipeline or a New Conflict of Interest?
By Film Industry Watch – October 2025 Thanks to a comment left on a related article we’ve been informed that Cannes Critics’ Week has announced Next Step Studio Indonesia, a filmmaker incubator launching in 2026 that will produce four short
Sundance’s Hollow Indie Dream: What Film Threat and Filmmakers Already Know
By FIW staff, thanks to readers contribution. Popular YouTube channel Film Threat recently covered our article “Sundance’s Little Dirty Secret: How NYU’s Elite Grip is Crushing Indie Dreams” and added their analysis to the growing bod
London Film Festival – conflicts of interest
We recently received the following email, we will follow up on this with an additional post shortly: “Following your post of December 26, 2023, this is an update that the BFI are continuing to select their own BFI-backed films for the