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Mar 2023
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European Film Market Recap

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The European Film Market is a crucial event in the international film industry, and this year it was bigger than ever.

In this episode, Tom Malloy shares the trends, deals, and tactics that work today, including some thoughts on why distributors have started producing their own content.

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