This is an interesting trend from this years Cannes and I wonder if other festivals will follow this pattern. I'm not sure why the big guns weren't so prominent in their buying of films. Maybe someone in the Stage32 community has an answer to that?
"The Cannes 2024 market saw a thrilling revival with nine movies — including four movies in the main competition — selling to specialized distributors in domestic deals. However, this wasn’t exactly a return to business as normal: The buyers weren’t stalwarts like A24, or Focus, or IFC. Instead Mubi, Metrograph Pictures, and Sideshow (in partnership with Janus Films) established themselves as major buyers."
There's that phrase again, 'not a return to business as normal', so is the ghost of the Pandemic, still haunting the minds of buyers?
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/mubi-metrograph-sideshow-became-biggest-133000...?
