Make sure you have a look at the Sundance Film Festival channel on YouTube. I attended this Panic Button panel during the fest (featuring some heavy hitters in indie film distribution: James Schamus, Ted Hope, Mark Gill, Michael Barker, Marcus Hu, Peter Broderick and Jonathan Sehring) and highly recommend that you watch it, you’ll learn a lot about how distribution currently works and a little bit about what needs to change. Ted Hope has some good feedback on the panel on his Truly Free Film blog, and indieWIRE have written it up too.

Here’s Part 1:

And Part 2: