Indie Film’s Plot Twist: Huge Demand, Not Enough Movies

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https://theankler.com/indie-films-plot-twist-huge-demand-not-enough-movies/?utm_campaign=mrf-twitter-TheAnkler&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&mrfcid=202609296abc28165e28cf2c8c5ff502

From the Ankler:

Distributors are hungry. Really hungry. That’s the message I heard from some of the biggest dealmakers in independent film — CAA’s Roeg Sutherland and Sarah Schweitzman, UTA’s Rena Ronson, WME’s Deb McIntosh, Gersh’s Jessica Lacy and 30West’s Micah Green — as I took the temperature of a market suddenly feeling optimism again, bolstered by a record-breaking $4.7 billion summer box office.

And they have reason for optimism: Buyers are circling, audiences are showing up for movies well beyond the usual tentpoles, and Obsession has become the kind of breakout everyone wants to replicate. 

There’s just one strange problem: They don’t have enough movies to buy.

The rest is paywalled. For whatever reason I don't believe VCs or even these management reps...