Published by the Latin American Training Center-LATC and sponsored by Olsberg•SPI, the new book, “The Audiovisual Public Policy Landscape in Latin America”, is a unique collection of articles by experienced and renowned public and private sector figures on current, essential, and often controversial audiovisual industry public policy issues. In a bilingual Spanish-English format, the publication is available free of charge for download in e-book format here.
According to Jonathan Olsberg, Executive Chair of Olsberg•SPI, “The audiovisual sector globally has been the focus of much government policy, in recent years. However, now, as the world plans its recovery from an unprecedented economic and societal challenge, realization is dawning that the audiovisual sector can deliver an immediate economic boost to countries and regions searching for solutions. This remarkable publication certainly fills an important void – it is a virtual encyclopedia of information, ideas and solutions that address the key issues and opportunities to be found in today’s audiovisual sector: certainly, in Latin America but also, in many cases, around the world. The authors are a distinguished and far-sighted group, delivering authoritative insights that will be helpful to very many of the key stakeholders, practitioners and policymakers who focus on how to ensure this thriving sector maximizes its potential.”
According to Steve Solot, President of LATC, “Never before have Latin American public sector regulators and policymakers faced such a diverse and urgent list of themes to provide a secure legal and legislative framework, and long-term strategy for sustainable audiovisual industries in their countries. Thus, this new collection of 20 articles contributed by experienced and renowned public and private-sector figures on current, essential audiovisual industry public policy issues is both timely and relevant.As with previous LATC publications, we hope it will serve as a useful resource for policymakers, legislators, attorneys, investors, producers, distributors, and other professionals in the audiovisual industry, to promote the common objective of expansion of the Latin American audiovisual industry in the global context.”
The launch of “The Audiovisual Public Policy Landscape in Latin America” marks the second stage of the new focus by Olsberg•SPI on Latin America, following the launch of its Public Policy Audiovisual Diagnostic Consultation, the free one-hour consultation service for public sector entities in Latin America, which offers an opportunity to discuss all aspects of a country’s or state’s audiovisual strategy with the firm’s experts, and how it could be improved or updated. The application deadline for consultations has now been extended until May 30, 2021.
For free download of the e-book, please click here.
Authors of articles in “The Audiovisual Public Policy Landscape in Latin America”
- ENRIQUE AVOGADRO, Minister of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires-Argentina
- ADVISORY BOARD, Ibero-American Conference of Audiovisual and Cinematographic Authorities (CAACI)
- JOSÉ CASTRO, Vice President, Latin American & Caribbean Film Commission Network-LAFCN
- JONATHAN OLSBERG, Executive Chair, OlsbergSPI
- LEON FORDE, Managing Director, OlsbergSPI
- VERA ZAVERUCHA, Brazilian Audiovisual LegislativeConsultant
- JOYCE ZYLBERBERG, Founder and Managing Partner, Screen Capital S.A.
- MÓNICA LOZANO, President, Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences of Mexico -AMACC
- MIGUEL DE NECOECHEA, Producer and writer (México)
- FELIPE BUITRAGO, Minister of Culture, Colombia
- TRINIDAD ZALDIVAR, Chief of Creativity and Culture Unit, Inter-american Development Bank
- MARCELO ORTEGA, President, FILMANDES Audiovisual Cluster, (Mendoza, Argentina)
- MAURO GARCIA, Executive President, BRAVI (Brazil)
- EDUARDO SENNA, Latin Rights, (Brazil)
- FABIO LIMA, Founder& CEO, Sofa Digital
- ALEXANDER CUNTZ, Head of Creative Economy Section, WIPO – World Intellectual Property Organization
- GABRIEL LEVY, Academic and ICT consultant, Andina Link Academic Coordinator (Colombia)
- GIANCARLO NASI CAÑAS, Vice President, Iberoamerican Federation of Cinematographic Academies of Arts and Sciences – FIACINE
- HENNER HOFMANN, AMC – Mexican Society of Cinematographers, ASC – American Society of Cinematographers (Mexico)
- FERNANDO LABRADA, President, Media Research Consultancy-MRC (Spain)
