Sundance wallets open for small indy pictures to sighs of relief

Let's read the Sundance sales list to work out what flies in the evolving cinema market, and who is driving the market.
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Australian actress Geraldine Viswanathan in Sundance film Hala

In the last couple of years, sales activity at the indy end of film markets have fostered some horrible theories about the death of civilisation. Obviously, films around the world have been pushed out of cinemas by the spectacular giants of the US tentpole machine pushing the number of screens available to small pictures right down.

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.