Think production is easier in countries outside of America? Think again. Much has been said about jobs in the U.S. entertainment sector dwindling due to the benefits being offered by other countries — hell, our President even seems willing to treat it as justification for yet another trade war — but not enough is said about just how difficult it is to facilitate these international productions.

Speaking with IndieWire editor-in-chief Dana Harris-Bridson during our Future of Filmmaking summit at Cannes, Emily Korteweg, Andrew Hevia, and Caroline von Kuhn all offered their expertise on what it takes to put these kind of productions together. Though each have different experiences, they all have faced similar challenges in working internationally.

“You have to be prepared for that level of bureaucracy and that level of detail oriented research because there’s a way through the system and you have to get really good at that,...