Last year I wrote out 15 really good things about the indie film biz (2011). My first instincts at looking at the list, are that the 15 from last year are still in process this year. Maybe I was a bit ahead of the curve. Maybe I should hold this post until 2013. But I don’t think so — we have much to celebrate this year too.
So what are the new developments that are now taking hold? Unfortunately, my mind hasn’t found the answers as quickly as others have (and here too) even if I do consider myself quite the optimist. Okay, make that a pessmistic optimist, but an optimist nonetheless. I have struggled to hit the same number as last year, but I did it, and even exceeded it — and hopefully you’ll continue to fill in the list with what I forgot.
- Direct distribution is really working.