Thats what drives us, he said.
The complexity of our business is also part of the excitement.
I think a lot of filmmakers are not looking to have to go to America to succeed.
Roeg Sutherland, Vincent Maraval, Fionnuala Jamison, Peter Czernin and David FlynnSan Sebastian Film Festival
Theyre quite happy, being successful on their own terms in Europe or Latin America, said Flynn.
Maraval said this shift had been further accelerated by the strikes even if its roots lay in the platforms.
They helped the audience to be more open, he said of the role the platforms.
The strikes accelerated this movement.
He also suggested that independent U.S. cinema had also become less global in its outlook in recent years.
Of course, there are always exceptions.
Because now the exception is coming from everywhere.
Thats the exciting part for an audience, he said.
Jamison said she was also seeing a shift towards features aimed at a younger audience.
Its a British debut film.
We were speaking to Germans, Spanish, Italians.
Its about these girls with British accents and its about consent, really, and it was like wow.
you could feel that the market is shifting to a little bit younger, she said.
In our recent experience, animation works, and especially Japanese animation.
The Miyazaki film [The Boy And The Heron) which opened here was pre-sold everywhere.
A film likeEmmanuellewhich we are working on today, which has a strong IP and cast, it presells.
Its more difficult for drama and for comedy, because every country has its own comedy.
Jamison also suggested that the market had become a lot more open to diversity.
You have to concentrate really, really hard.
Theyre very similar models to what were now quite used to.
My partner and I spend most of lives backing into numbers.
Its about being modest and clever about the size of the budget.
Its a combination of that which isnt that different to what we were used for many years.
You have to have some awareness of the market, the finances and then theres a lot of opportunity.
Theres the point of volume versus what were spending our time on.
