The ongoing actors and writers strikes means that fewer movies are coming to the festivals with distribution in hand as a result of studios pulling back some of their titles and festival programmers making a point to prioritize independent films.
It also means that many movies may have a harder time finding distribution if they don’t have actors there to promote them or if bigger AMPTP-affiliated distributors get cold feet.But there’s still expected to be a market out of Venice, Toronto, and Telluride, even if those movies don’t sell during the festivals (very little did last year) or get released in 2023.
Some of these even have interim agreements that will allow them to promote.Below are the movies that already have homes.Movies Acquired During the Festivals“The Crow”Section: MarketDistributor: LionsgateDate Acquired: September 7In a deal made ahead of the TIFF market kicking off,…
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