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Sundance Offers a Glimmer of Hope for the Struggling Documentary Market: ‘We’re No Longer in a DOA Situation’
There has been strong interest in two doc titles - Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Will & Harper - and offers on others.
Numerous distributors, including Max, Apple TV + and Amazon, are interested in both docus and, rumor has it, they are willing to shell out as much as $10 million for each movie. “One issue that we confronted last year that isn’t going away is market consolidation and a real lack of (slate) slots with a lot of these companies,” says Ishikawa. “I think we will see smaller numbers this year,” says co-founder of doc fund Impact Partners Geralyn White Dreyfous, who is behind Sundance docus “Eternal You,” “Gaucho, Gaucho” and “Sugarcane” and “Union.” Then the question is, does it make sense to do an all-rights deal or should (filmmakers) sell it territory by territory and save their ability to monetize with other countries.”
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