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Cinema Ecosystem

Where are we now?
Let's do a full body scan on The State Of The Cinema Industries! 20 conditions!
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Ted Hope
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Our Irritation With Hollywood Isn't a Bug In the System...It's a Feature
Can we answer the question "What the hell happened to Hollywood?!" Tune in TODAY to find out.
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Zack Arnold, ACE
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Imagine: the total & utter destruction of everything we have ever loved or admired
The devastation has become entirely possible -- and we need to think about it.
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Ted Hope
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Hello, Sh*tstorm, 2025 — how we make sure the sun shines brightly tomorrow
We may not be through it yet, but there is a new day rising and I have almost 50 techniques to make sure you stay on the sunnyside.
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Ted Hope
What is NonDē for?
Perhaps cinema needs a NonDē Manifesto now?
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Ted Hope
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All Films Are Political
The entire collection for your LISTENING enjoyment.
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Ted Hope
Genius is not a noun -- but it can be found in a process.
Guess what? We built our ecosystem completely wrong.
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Ted Hope
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Reimagining Film Festivals
A HopeForFilm Masterclass of course
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Ted Hope
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Stop whispering! The 13 new evolutions the FKATheFilmBiz needs to be SHOUTING about right now...
We need to talk about this, okay?
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Ted Hope
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Please value YOUR own attention even more than THEY do.
Let's stop sucking down all that they shove down the pipe.
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Ted Hope
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Reasons To Be Cheerful (About The State Of Cinema)
Yeah, the negative screams, but hope for the better sings a pretty swell song.
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Ted Hope
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Hate To Tell You… It’s Getting WORSE
The monopolists have you by the… (sorry, but there’s no polite way to say it)
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Ted Hope
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