Who is the Most Independent Filmmaker Friendly Distributor in 2008? the Answer Might Surprise You

festival buzz, but nobody was willing to go for the mat for it, perhaps because it clearly doesn’t have a chance of becoming the next LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (although we should never underestimate the nation’s love of the Olsen twin). SPC is making smaller deals for smaller movies to do, probably, small business. I sort of love it; I like the “think small” attitude towards independent film. After all, isn’t that the point, rather than go after the one Indie film that has a chance of crossover success, Sony is taking up a few wild cards and one day, they will make it to a theatre near yearif only for a week. I think if the Independent Spirit Awards had an award for Film Acquisition this year, it should go to SPC. The company’s gamble on niche markets, on the oddball, on the rag-tag underdog has exactly the wild Indie spirit that the most successful Sundance films routinely