<b>A <i>Sig</i></b><b><i>ht & Sound</i> Book of the Year</b><b>"Eye-opening and addictively readable."<i> Total Film</i></b>Who and what decides if a film gets funded? How do those who control the purse strings also determine a film''s content and even its message? Writing as the director of award-winning feature films including <i>Welcome to Sarajevo</i>, <i>24 Hour Party People </i>and <i>The Road to Guantanamo</i> as well as the hugely popular <i>The Trip </i>series, Michael Winterbottom provides an insider''s view of the workings of international film funding and distribution, revealing how the studios that fund film production and control distribution networks also work against a sustainable independent film culture and limit innovation in filmmaking style and content. In addition to reflecting upon his own filmmaking career, featuring critical and commercial successes alongside a ''very long list'' of films that didn''t get made, Winterbottom also interviews leading contemporary