SAN SEBASTIÁN, Spain — Latin American cinema has the talent, but the economics requires creativity, producers and financiers warned at San Sebastián’s Latin America’s Global Reach panel, part of its Creative Investors’ Conference. Volatile state funding, low price points and the fragmentation of distribution make the creativity of producers paramount. Six takeaways from the session:
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