As the virtual EFM officially gets underway today, there are multiple hot button topics reverberating behind the scenes.It starts with the growing frustration felt by a number of international buyers who are unhappy about being unwound by sales firms and packaging agents from high-profile movies in favour of streamers.Most industry we speak to are frustrated one year into the wearying pandemic so a level of anxiety and angst is to be expected from theatrical distributors who have been at the sharp end of Covid.But there are also specific complaints.
A number of these dealmakers tell us they are frustrated about being “dangled” enticing projects (such as Emancipation), only for them to be sold to streamers after they’ve spent time and effort
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