Permanent
Film Festivals and Scriptwriting Contests (Usng France as an Example) Suggested by Savvy Mom
Ruth Paget
Many British tourists visit Northern France, because William the Conqueror and his descendants were kings and queens of both England and France.
Ferryboats
capable of bringing tour buses and cars use the harbor in Calais to bring over
tourists and businessmen alike.
This
region might like to hold permanent film showings of Luc Besson films that
feature music, multiethnic heroes and villains, and technology from all over
the world. These films are already
moneymakers in France and part of the country’s contemporary culture.
Theatres
and sports bars could both show these films.
(People could wear ear buds in sports buds to watch various films and
sporting events that are supposed to earn residuals for reruns.)
Also,
scriptwriting contests could be run in different communities with a prize of
free coverage to best determine which films to make for profit.
The
French government subsidizes film production and might appreciate:
-scripts
with coverage scores for production
-business
plans that address distribution venues and merchandise marketing, especially of
French agricultural products and useful products associated with the film
Scriptwriting
festivals are a way of getting films ready for competition. Towns around northern France might like to
specialize in a particular kind of film.
The
towns that might be interested in a permanent film festival with
scriptwriting festival include:
-Cambrai
-Lens
-Valenciennes
-Calais
-Douai
-Béthune
-Dunkirk
-Maubege
-Boulogne
-Arras
-Saint-Omer
By
Ruth Paget, author of Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
