Lux

I just read an article from indiewire about an Indie Bloodbath that took place in Toronto International Film Festival. Aparently, the old independent market is over.

You mean the days of Juno, Monster, Little Miss Sunshine, Napoleon Dynamite are history?

So what should we be expecting this year? High budget cheasy flicks and Uber Low budget slasher movies?

I refuse to believe this, but it gets "better" as I read on.

Distributors now have the previllege to sit back and wait for Films (begging for a distribution deal) to drop on their lap....many of them come ready with P & A funds attached.

So basically, Filmmakers pay to create the movie, then pays again to sell it.

The article goes on and on about how horrible the market is as films are becoming more difficult to market 'cuz it cost too much money these days to create urgency for people to go out and see movies in theaters.

So most of the hundreds of films competing in TIFF are going to end up streamed and downloaded on an even smaller screen...Ipod? Thanks iTunes.

The abundance of technology definitely gave us more options to distribute our films but it also lowered the value of once extremely profitable pride of the indie filmmkers.

So what's our future as independent filmmakers who strive to create unique films?

Check out the full article @ indieWIRE