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The more details you share, the more this starts sounding less like a forgotten memoir and more like a genuine period piece with real adaptation potential. I could honestly see this working either as a documentary project or as a dramatic biographical adaptation, depending on how deeply the...

Hello Jan, This honestly sounds like a very interesting project, especially since it’s rare to see completely unreleased historical film or theatre material surface with this kind of background. I’m curious whether you’re mainly considering a documentary, scripted feature, or perhaps even a...

One producer told me in Cannes this year: If I can’t sell the project in my head to someone between two elevator rides, the deck probably won’t save it. Honestly, the more markets I attend, the more I feel how true that is. Buyers and financiers usually filter projects incredibly fast: What...

@MICA said: It’s about finding that one sentence or perspective through which the whole project “clicks”. If that’s missing, it really doesn’t matter how many slides you have or how good it looks. MICA is right, but producers usually look for this "click" in the wrong place. The most critical...

Michael hit the nail on the head: the "fully packaged" status has become a comforting illusion for producers in 2026, because just because the talent and the sales agent look great on a pitch deck, the underlying financial model can still be fundamentally broken. As a producer, I see the...

Most people only see the finished film on screen, but by the time a movie reaches theaters, there’s usually a huge amount of stress, uncertainty, compromise, and sometimes genuinely exhausting work behind it. But when a film truly connects with someone, people forget all of that very quickly...

TIFF feels like one of the few festivals where the entire international film industry temporarily moves to Toronto for a couple of weeks. Every year, thousands of filmmakers, producers, distributors, sales agents, buyers, journalists, and industry professionals arrive in the city, making TIFF...

That "Gatekeeper’s Fatigue" is no joke, Adam. I’ll give you the most painful note I ever got, and it felt like a stab to the heart at the time. I had this high-concept sci-fi thriller with a massive "philosophical" opening basically five pages of world-building and mood. The coverage came back...

What’s easy to miss here is that AI dubbing isn’t just accelerating localization it’s starting to reshape upstream decisions, especially around development and greenlighting. If a project is assumed to scale across 15–20 languages from day one, that inevitably influences what gets approved. Not...

Sales Agents From a Producer’s Perspective As a producer over the past few years I’ve had quite a few negative experiences with sales agents. I don’t want to generalize because of course every film is different and the success of selling a film depends on many factors. The story, the actors...

What I like about the 10-slide approach is that it forces clarity. Too many pitch decks try to explain everything and end up saying nothing memorable. Investors usually decide within the first few minutes whether they’re interested or not, so the concept, market, and why the project matters need...