AFCI RESOURCES
AFCI leads on the development of best practice for film commissions and produces reports and guidance for members, wider government and industry.
AFCI’s Industry Insights Reports
Amplifying Voices, Transforming Futures - Navigating Disruption in the Film Industry
AFCI’s inaugural industry report, Amplifying Voices, Transforming Futures – Navigating Disruption in the Film Industry, delves into the visionary insights from our August, 2024 workshop held in Los Angeles, where Film Commissioners and industry leaders tackled eight disruptive scenarios shaping the future of film. From AI-driven virtual productions to carbon-neutral filmmaking, this report reveals how tradition and innovation can harmonize to address our industry’s evolving challenges. Through bold, forward-thinking ideas and collaborative strategies, we illuminate a path for a more inclusive, resilient film industry.
BEST PRACTICES GUIDELINES
Accessible for Members and General Public
Screen Tourism
Understanding and Establishing a Film Commission
Glossary (Common Film Terms)
The purpose of this document is to provide a comprehensive understanding of screen tourism and a recommended strategic framework for developing and sustaining successful screen tourism initiatives.
This Guide is designed to explain the function of a film commission/film office – their structure, the common functions they perform, and their critical role in economic development. It is as much a blueprint for territories looking to set up a commission as it is an overview of AFCI’s Film Commission Member eligibility.
A glossary of common production terms has been created to assist you with this course. Please click the button to access and download this document. You may want to keep it handy as you proceed through this course to help you fully understand the content.
Accessible for Members
Best Practice: Arranging In-Person FAM Tours
Best Practice: Deliverables
Best Practice: Diversity
The primary purpose of a FAM Tour is to allow filmmakers to familiarize themselves with different sites, assess their suitability, and gather crucial information for planning and executing a film production. This type of tour is common in the film and television industry, where choosing the right locations is essential to achieving the desired visual and atmospheric elements of a project.
AFCI’s much-anticipated Guide on the acceptable ‘asks’ (deliverables) from production when incentives/rebates/credits are provided: from having the film commission logo in end credits, to obtaining details of production spend and location and, cast & crew lists, this document will help member film commissions obtain the data and the materials they need to both communicate the economic impact of production and also market their territory more successfully.
This Guide is the essential follow-up to the recent AFCI + TIME’S UP Foundation Diversity Report 2020 and provides an overview of the Report’s three-tiered recommendations with real-world examples.
Know Your Territory
Covid-19 Communications Guide
The primary purpose of a FAM Tour is to allow filmmakers to familiarize themselves with different sites, assess their suitability, and gather crucial information for planning and executing a film production. This type of tour is common in the film and television industry, where choosing the right locations is essential to achieving the desired visual and atmospheric elements of a project.
The Coronavirus pandemic presents organizations, including film commissions, with unique communications challenges. Stakeholders (government officials, production industry executives, crew members, vendors, etc.) want to know that a film commission is monitoring the situation and available to help find solutions.
The suggestions in this brief guide are intended to help film commissions communicate relevant COVID-19 information to key audiences. The suggestions may apply to communication amid any external crisis that affects public safety and disrupts production activity.
RESEARCH
2024
Best Practice In Screen Sector Development (Updated Report)
AFCI and the creative industries consultancy firm Olsberg•SPI published the pioneering report ‘Best Practice in Screen Sector Development’ in 2019. As the first comprehensive analysis of the policies, strategies, and interventions necessary to cultivate and sustain a healthy Screen sector the report represented a significant milestone. It provided insights into four critical areas – incentives, workforce, infrastructure, and film friendliness – drawing on Olsberg•SPI’s deep industry intelligence, new and extensive primary research, and a wide range of global case studies.
Against the backdrop of significant expansion and change in the last few years, this new report represents a full update and expansion of the 2019 analysis – reflecting what best practice looks like in the current context. The four key areas examined in 2019 have been expanded to seven, and a host of new global case studies spotlight best practices in action across the world. The findings of this study serve as a free playbook for governments and sector partners, providing actionable insights based on Olsberg•SPI’s unparalleled global expertise.
As we reflect on the significant changes and challenges of the past few years, this version underscores the importance of adaptability, strategic foresight, and collaboration in shaping the global screen sector.
Key Findings of 'Best Practice In Screen Sector Development'
The key findings of Best Practice in Screen Sector Development is available to download in 11 languages (Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, English, French, Korean, Japanese, Malay, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, and Thai), with the full study available in English.
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2019 - 2020
Best Practice In Screen Sector Development (2019)
Global Screen Production - The Impact of Film and Television Production on Economic Recovery from COVID-19
AFCI + TIME'S UP Foundation Diversity Report 2020
On Friday September 13th 2019 at AFCI’s 43rd Cineposium conference, AFCI’s detailed global report on Best Practice in Screen Sector Development was released. The report, undertaken for AFCI by creative industries consultancy firm Olsberg SPI highlights a range of successful strategies and policies that have been implemented by established and emerging markets around the world with the aim of maximizing their share of high-value production activity.
Four of the most important areas within which best practice can be demonstrated provide the framework for the Study. They are: automatic incentives, workforce capacity, capacity building in physical infrastructure and services; and film-friendly production environment. Examples of best practice in all four areas are included in this Study.
AFCI was proud to endorse a groundbreaking and timely report by Olsberg•SPI titled, Global Screen Production – The Impact of Film and Television Production on Economic Recovery from COVID-19. The report details the scale and economic impact of film and television production globally, shows the rapid nature of the spend and the wide-ranging business sectors which benefit. Critically, many of these sectors are outside the film and television industry.
The study finds that after several years of groundbreaking growth, spending on screen production reached $177 billion in 2019, driving total global economic impact of $414 billion.
AFCI is proud to have partnered with the TIME’S UP Foundation on a first-of-kind report drawing attention to diversity efforts led by film commissions to address safety on sets, equity among the workforce, and diversity and inclusion in leadership. The primary purpose of the report is to showcase and share information about successful strategies, policies, and best practices for inclusivity and leadership within global film sectors.
It includes recommendations for film commissions and serves as a resource for the screen sector.