Caribbean Export Implementation Report 2017-2020

ANIMATION, GAMING, AND FILM Under the 11th EDF, Caribbean Export has undertaken a variety of interventions designed to further support and develop the CARIFORUM animation, gaming, and film sectors. Despite being relatively new to the region, these industries are projected to be worth USD$300 billion by 2025 (GlobalData, 2019) 1 . Knowledge and capacity deficits, however, have constrained the competitiveness of regional animators, film directors, and game developers, and have severely hampered their ability to effectively penetrate regional and international markets. It is important that the Caribbean invests in these sectors, so that regional creators can effectively leverage Caribbean culture to compete globally. Table 14 provides a list of interventions that Caribbean Export has developed or supported regional creators to attend. A total of five hundred and seven (507) participants benefitted from these ten (10) animation, gaming, and film interventions.

1 https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/video-games-300-billion-industry-2025-report-1203202672/

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