Arts and Entertainment

Guide to Foreign Film Industries

by Staff Writers Megh Basu & Kruthi Gollapudi

Since cinema’s inception, Hollywood has been the best-known movie-making machine, creating films that are distributed worldwide. However, many international film industries have been around just as long and have flourished through the years. The Smoke Signal compiled a list of thriving international film industries with the success to challenge Hollywood’s claim to fame.

Graphic by Editor-in-Chief Lucia Li

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