AGC Studios CEO Stuart Ford Says U.S. Theatrical Distribs Need To Rethink “Broken” Relationship With Independent Production World – Zurich Summit
deadline.comAGC Studios CEO Stuart Ford has called for a reset of the relationship between U.S. theatrical distributors and the independent production world, saying it is “the hot button issue of the moment” for the latter sector. “If we want to return to a period of efficiency in the independent film world, there needs to be a collective solution to U.S.
theatrical: how it’s done, what the economics of it are and how U.S. theatrical distributors interact with film owners, because I think that relationship is broken at the moment,” said Ford.
He was speaking on a panel exploring monetizing independent film at the Zurich Film Festival‘s Zurich Summit industry event, alongside 30West Executive Vice President Maren Olsen, UTA agent Alex Brunner, Anton CEO Sébastien Raybaud and Katie Irwin, agent & Co-Head of International WME.
Ford was also in Zurich this year as the producer of Justin Kurzel’s The Order which opened the festival on Thursday. That film has been acquired for a theatrical release in U.S.
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