We probably do not have a large enough industry here to ably support the independent filmmaker to move in and out. Much of the industry is based on full-time jobs here, institutionalised jobs.
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We are here predominantly to support independent filmmakers and their needs. We are also here to assist people actually in their production, non-commercial people in their production.
It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle.
Most independent filmmakers in Britain and North America work for commercial crews and then have their own projects when they've got enough money saved up to do so.
The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case of us just going where the work is.
It's very difficult to break into motion pictures, but it's oddly easier for directors today because of independent films and cable, who have inherited for the most part those films of substance that the studios are reluctant to finance.
I believe that independent film making is the last frontier of creative expression available. So I'm always willing to lend a helping hand to a young film maker who's just getting into the business.
Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as a life.
In the world of independent filmmaking, you're never quite sure what's happening when and where.
I love doing independent films, but it's very hard to make a living that way.
We've been working with the very best in the business. The studio really just let us alone to make the films.
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