Donald Trump talked about slapping a 100 percent tariff on all foreign movies to make a “troubled” Hollywood great again.
But judging by the conversations at the Banff World Media Festival — both among content creators and acquisition execs and during panel and keynote speeches — global collaboration to create new partnerships and content across borders and tackle mutual financial challenges is the byword this week in the Canadian Rockies.
“Collaboration is the one word that keeps coming up. I’ve never seen people all over the world — buyers, producers – more open to finding ways to get projects made and over the line,” Allison Wallach, head of unscripted programming at Fox Entertainment Studios, told a Banff fest panel on unscripted content.
