Gatekeeping in the Evolving Business of Independent Film Distribution

This book is about the business of distribution, around which the internationalfilm business revolves. Considering sales agents and distributors as primarygatekeepers, the book examines the networks in which they operate, how theyoperate, how their practices have evolved, and the power and control they exertover the business of independent film distribution. Critically, it also considershow they are affected by the powerful influence of Netflix and Amazon in theonline era. At a time of disruption and change to traditional business models andindustry professions, Roderik Smits argues that gatekeepers remain equally - ifnot more - crucial to the distribution and circulation of films in internationalmarkets.