New-Day Era Film Industry

In the Age of the New Day on Aren, cinema is alive and well. Three major powers compete for the lucrative market, with two of them being quite politicized. The Gudersnipe Foundation makes movies in Modia, the Trans-Draconic Federation has well-funded studios in Weagal and Arindell; and a thriving independant industry exists in the region of Serpentia, centered mostly around a city outside Polaris. There is also a thriving Necromancer film industry; however since their films are intended for the necromancer audience, they do not consider them as "competing" with the more standard film cartels.

Port Feira, Serpentia

A gorgeous planned city not located near water, Port Feira houses the bulk of the so-called "Free Agents" film industry. A number of large studios and production houses film here. The city was founded in the mid second-century N.D., finances with loans from HMBT.

The Feira Fantasy

An oft-mocked phenomena of the Port Feira films is a strange tendency to depict the Trans-Draconic Federation and Gudersnipe Foundation as mortal enemies locked in eternal war. The reasons for this are perfectly practical; both navies use the same warship designs, which makes it very simple to stage large naval battles(in point of fact, the TDFN buy obsolete warships from the Crimson Blade and refits them as a matter of course, the only new ships ever built are fleet carriers and submarines).

Most of these films are depicted more as "what if" or based on novels where events have driven the two superpowers to war. Exactly how deep the malice goes varies heavily from work to work; with some depicting the two sides as merely ideological rivals, while others portray blood enemies hell bent on mutual destruction. Most depictions are of the spy/thriller variety, but numerous war movies have also been made.

The films owe their roots to a genre of literature involving mutual espionage between the two powers. Usually one side finds out something deeply alarming about the other, and must fight to either bury the secret or reveal it. As a genre it is quite popular, however the accuracy and status as fiction are never in doubt.

There is some grain of truth to the genre. The TDFN requires "force parity" with the Crimson Blade Wet Navy on Aren. The reasons for this are largely bureaucratic, orders issued directly from the dragons and never rescinded. It is at times ruinously expensive.

Modia

Modia has no single centralized film production region, but a large network of state-owned facilities provides extensive capacity.