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I further expand my analysis of sales agents in this chapter, where the focus is more specifically on the ways they organise the metaphorical process of opening and closing the gates, and how they introduce and promote films to international distributors. By analysing the involvement of sales agents with films such as The King’s Speech (2010), Oh Boy (2012) and Ida (2013), I demonstrate that gatekeeping is a complex process that requires more than just acquiring and selling films.
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Feature films that qualify for Tax Relief in the UK market receive a 25% rebate on production expenditures (BFI 2017).
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Smits, R. (2019). Sales Agents and Their Gatekeeping Functions. In: Gatekeeping in the Evolving Business of Independent Film Distribution. Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16896-4_5
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