The Independent Exhibition Conference, or IND/EX, launches today and it’s at capacity with 700 attendees from art houses, indie theater chains, indie distributors, indie vendors and regional film festivals.
This is the first time since Covid hit that the industry is gathering, and it’s a critical moment. The theatrical business is very different and extremely tough, especially for art houses.
Art House Convergence used to hold an annual event before the Sundance Film Festival, but hasn’t for almost five years. For 2024, the group partnered with the Film Festival Alliance to create a new, expanded confab called IND/EX — three days of networking, speakers and panels on operations, programming, education, development, distribution and community engagement, set at the Chicago Cultural Center and Gene Siskel Film Center.
It’s not CinemaCon, but distributors ArtMattan Productions, Entertainment Squad, Exhibition on Screen, Giant Pictures, MUBI, Sony Pictures Repertory and Focus Features will showcase past and upcoming slates.
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