{"id":14502,"date":"2012-02-25T05:14:52","date_gmt":"2012-02-25T05:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=14502"},"modified":"2012-02-25T05:14:52","modified_gmt":"2012-02-25T05:14:52","slug":"indiewire-distribution-panel-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2012\/02\/25\/indiewire-distribution-panel-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiewire Distribution Panel 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Indiewire-2011-panel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14539\" title=\"Indiewire 2011 panel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Indiewire-2011-panel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last summer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/\">indieWIRE<\/a> hosted a panel discussion in New York on how film distribution has changed since the site launched in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Dana Harris, the following people were involved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/richard-abramowitz\/0\/327\/a44\">Richard Abramowitz<\/a> &#8211; Founder &amp; CEO of indie distributor\u00a0Abramorama (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anvil!_The_Story_of_Anvil\">Anvil!<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Exit_Through_the_Gift_Shop\">Exit Through the Gift Shop<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Amy Heller &#8211; President at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milestonefilms.com\/\">Milestone Films<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2012\/02\/18\/remembering-bingham-ray-october-films-indiewire\/\">Bingham Ray<\/a> &#8211; Formerly of October Films who sadly passed away in January<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0076733\/\">Bob Berney<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0Formerly of FilmDistrict and Picturehouse (involved in releasing Memento and The Passion of the Christ)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/iradeutchman.com\/about\/\">Ira Deutchman<\/a> &#8211; Managing Partner of Emerging Pictures and formerly of Fine Line<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0882004\/\">Mark Urman<\/a> &#8211; Formerly of thinkFILM and now of Paladin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/arianna-bocco\/3\/7a9\/426\">Arianna Bocco<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0Acquisitions and Production at IFC Films<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0076736\/\">Jeanne Berney<\/a> &#8211; Formerly of FilmDistrict<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZHYqPt1KKOM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Amongst the topics they talk about, include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How the speed of release has changed<\/li>\n<li>The death of regional film critics<\/li>\n<li>How critical influence is now in the hands of a small group of critics (e.g. NY Times, Ebert, David Germain of the AP)<\/li>\n<li>The inflation of theatrical ticket prices<\/li>\n<li>How Secrets and Lies and Breaking the Waves would never make today the money they did back in 1996<\/li>\n<li>How genuine indie movies like Exit Through The Gift Shop have to be more aggressive with advance screenings<\/li>\n<li>A bad review in the Village Voice follows you to 17 other cities as they syndicate their reviews<\/li>\n<li>Insidious cost $800,000 to make but by directly engaging the horror\u00a0audience (e.g. filmmaker Q&amp;As and horror websites) it lasted 14 weeks in its theatrical run.<\/li>\n<li>How TV sales for foreign films are non-existent now<\/li>\n<li>The role of Netflix<\/li>\n<li>Tablets as TVs<\/li>\n<li>DVD is disappearing quicker than streaming is filling the void<\/li>\n<li>How the interface of systems like VOD systems like iTunes and Netflix is a huge issue<\/li>\n<li>The problem of VOD tracking numbers, compared to VHS and theatrical (a paradox which show how dominant players like to keep data to themselves)<\/li>\n<li>How Bingham Ray was asked to &#8216;bump up&#8217; the sales figures of an early Jim Carrey film (!)<\/li>\n<li>How does an older audience more comfortable with print media cope with the death<\/li>\n<li>Younger audiences not wanting to pay for films like The Human Centipede or Black Dynamite<\/li>\n<li>How getting out of the house for a communal experience is what is going to keep cinema alive<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;Eventising&#8217; (e.g. live Q&amp;As beamed by satellite across the country)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0How younger musicians are wanting to compose music for silent films<\/li>\n<li>The rise and fall of the indie bubble coinciding with indieWIRE&#8217;s existence<\/li>\n<li>How now is a time when &#8220;anything is possible and nothing works&#8221; (a quote from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lorberfilms.com\/\">Richard Lorber<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The ever changing distribution landscape<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/article\/indiewire_at_15_check_out_iws_first_issue_from_july_15_1996\">What indieWIRE looked like in 1996<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; 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