Productores y cambios en la industria: Morena Films y el cine español en la era del streaming [Producers and Industrial Change: Morena Films and Spanish Cinema in the Streaming Era]
Abstract
We publish a translation of a chapter by Christopher Meir, assistant professor at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, from European Cinema in the Streaming Era published by Springer Nature (edited by Christopher Meir and Roderik Smits) as part of the Palgrave European Film and Media Studies series. His study, which constitutes Chapter 10 of this publication on the impact of streaming platforms on European cinema, analyses current audiovisual production and distribution models, in which significant changes have been seen in recent years. Meir takes a look at the case of the production company Morena Films, exploring both the sources of friction and the common ground between the creative interests involved in and the industrial aspects of audiovisual production, a constant in analysis of the modern-day audiovisual industry. This perspective is an essential contribution to this monograph, the reason why it is republished here in translation.
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