“Thanks to the partnership between OKC and the Chamber of Commerce, movie, television and other creative services can do business in the metro. It also creates more opportunities for filmmakers living in our communities.

“The film industry in general and tv production the last 25 years is really driven by incentives. So, it used to be the scenario where work is done primarily in New York or LA but that has changed. The change accelerated with the development of platforms for streaming content,” Simpson said.

She said now, they already have a few projects they’re working on, including a feature film and a new television series. At the end of the day, they are opening up these opportunities to filmmakers to bring more revenue to OKC.”

By Alexandria Williams

“The Berlinale Series Market will open with the “Adapting to the Market” session, where data analysis company Ampere Analysis will provide a global overview of the industry. The panel will then discuss the role of global distributors and the ways they are responding to changing market conditions. “Entrepreneurial Showrunners: The Future of Creative” will shed further light on the new trend of creatives working collectively by founding their own companies to maintain greater control over their content.”

“David Bernad, producer of the HBO series The White Lotus, will offer an exclusive look at his work on the hit show. Ron Ninio, co-creator and showrunner of the Israeli series Kvodo, the original that spawned the US version Your Honor, is set to reveal how a series format from a comparatively small market can achieve huge international success through adaptation. Also, the panel “Quo Vadis Docu Series” will be examining the currently popular docu-series format.”

By Vassilis Economou

“Georgia’s film infrastructure has grown exponentially over the last decade, as hundreds of TV episodes and dozens of films are shot in the state every year. Among them are Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the Netflix shows “Ozark” and “Stranger Things,” and AMC’s “Fear the Walking Dead.”

The state was among the first locations to reopen fully after the pandemic, and production has rebounded strongly from a down year in 2020. In the last two years, the state has issued $1.2 billion and $1.3 billion in tax credits.”

By Gene Maddaus