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TORONTO BUILT AN EXHIBITION HALL FOR DEALS THAT DON’T CLOSE IN TORONTO
The Government of Canada is spending C$23 million over 3 years on the Toronto Film Festival’s first sanctioned market. Except not one Toronto world premiere closed a U.S. deal during the last festival
The Deal
EVERY GUILD RENEGOTIATED AROUND IT. NONE OF THEM TOUCHED IT.
One word from a 1970s contractual definition can make the largest revenue line for independent films invisible to every residual formula. None of the Guilds have attempted to change it in five decades
In the summer of 2022, independent fil...
LOS ANGELES COUNTY WANTS TO HELP INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILMS
Is There Grant Big Enough To Matter?
The Deal of the Week
DISNEY IS REBUILDING WITH DISNEY+ AS THE HUB
A Disney+ subscription at the center, merchandise moved under the entertainment studios’ control, a TikTok & Verts deal will reshape consumer contact. Disney will look completely different in 2 years
For 100 years, all of the major film st...
EQUITY: THE LAST POSITION IN LINE TO GET REPAID IN FEATURE FILM FINANCING
What a $35 Million Dollar Film Actually Costs, And Who Actually Pays For It
Every few months I see someone write a post about the mid-budget movie. And how this tier is dead. That audiences have abandoned it. That streaming took it. And th...
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