Transcript

CHARLES MOORE

I think at this particular point in time, where it is a tipping point in the independent film world, the independent film world has struggled for a number of years because it's not a cheap proposition, making these films. It's certainly not a cheap proposition distributing these films, and spend- because the marketing expenses are high. The digital world I think makes it easier to get small films noticed, because it's easier to directly focus on your particular community that you're aiming for. Whereas in the old days, it was more difficult maybe to reach the audience.

But I do think if you look at the weekend grosses, it's very difficult for independent films to sort of break out unless they have a particular commercial storyline, or particular cast members, and I think for that reason talent, whether it's directing or acting talent, has become very important in the independent film world. I think it's very hard for an independent film with very, very unknown talent, or certainly, an unknown film talent, maybe some of them, obviously, have TV talent, but very hard for those films to make any money, and therefore the result of that is it's very hard for those films to be financed.

In the UK, it's very different in countries like Scandinavia and France where there is a huge amount of public money that can go into these films, and even organisations like Film4, who have been fantastic at developing young talent, they still are, and there is more of a commercial bias there.