Challenging Us distribution sector meant buyers were particularly cautious.
A treacherous summer at the independent box office underscored by several misfire acquisitions from Sundance slowed on-site deals to a crawl during Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), although the days and weeks ahead tend to be when business kicks in.
With the festival now over, the major festival acquisitions were: Netflix for most of the world on Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s high-concept Spanish Midnight Madness breakout The Platform; Amazon Studios for Us rights on Darius Marder’s Platform entry Sound Of Metal, and the world on Andrew Patterson’s Midnight Madness sci-fi...
A treacherous summer at the independent box office underscored by several misfire acquisitions from Sundance slowed on-site deals to a crawl during Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff), although the days and weeks ahead tend to be when business kicks in.
With the festival now over, the major festival acquisitions were: Netflix for most of the world on Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s high-concept Spanish Midnight Madness breakout The Platform; Amazon Studios for Us rights on Darius Marder’s Platform entry Sound Of Metal, and the world on Andrew Patterson’s Midnight Madness sci-fi...
- 9/16/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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