SXSW 2025
Filmmaking 2.0 - Powering a Future for Indie Films
Description:
Indie films foster innovative storytelling with the power to reach more diverse audiences and create stars. This session delves into the new tech and financing opportunities helping more indie films get made. The team behind Those About to Die, Time Bandits and the forthcoming 2040 discuss how real-time tools and virtual production are democratizing access to indie filmmakers, enhancing creative possibilities and productive value all while streamlining and cutting costs. We’ll also discuss new models facilitating independent production, and how cinemas are becoming key players in distribution.
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Takeaways
- Hear what industry/governments are doing help the film industry succeed, including tax relief, new sources of investment, new routes for distribution.
- Learn how virtual production and real-time are driving Filmmaking 2.0 through the lens of the forthcoming independent film 2040.
- Understand how the democratization of tools and techniques are giving indie filmmakers more access than ever to big production value.
Speakers
- Miles Perkins, Director, Client & Industry Relations, M&E, Epic Games
- Ben Lumsden, Executive Producer, Dimension Studio / DNEG 360
- Annalise Davis, Producer, Virtual Circle Films
- Lesley Manning, Director, Freelance
Organizer
Shannon Deoul, Senior Account Director, Raz Public Relations
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