Entertainment & Sports
Nov. 8, 2012
Indie filmmakers navigate wild west of foreign film distribution
More independent filmmakers are striking deals with eager foreign buyers. But entertainment lawyers caution the market for foreign distribution rights is filled with shady players.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
More independent filmmakers with just a script and an actor or two attached are striking deals with foreign buyers eager to pick up distribution rights to the finished product. But while such deals provide them with a way to raise cash to make their movies a reality, entertainment lawyers caution that the market for foreign distribution rights is still a wild west filled with shady players.
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