Film Commissions: from Local Agencies to Links in the Global Industry

The article examines film commissions as one of the key factors in the globalization of film production. The article provides information about the history of such organizations, their current activities and the prospects for their further development. The article also explores the obvious and non-obvious functions of film commissions in the context of globalization and the structure of the international film location market, of which film commissions are the main liaison. Based on these facts, the author compiles an expanded list of seemingly unobvious challenges facing such institutions. This list can come in handy for developing personnel training methods for such organizations.