He remains mystified by Malin's behavior towards the film and the fest. The deal covers ALL media from theatrical to Internet for the completely digital slate. Even though the dot-com presence at Sundance has shrunk along with the flow of VC money, digital filmmaking is expanding in the indie world, as well as Hollywood. Meanwhile, both the Sundance Digital Center and ShowBiz Data 's Interactive Lounge have expanded from last year. The digital film initiative, InDigEnt, was created by director Gary Winick , John Sloss and IFC Entertainment .
Filmmakers agree to work digitally and with limited budgets in exchange for funding.
More people are able to make films that didn't have the opportunity before. And what happens when you start doing that is you start losing an economy of people who do this professionally. You can't sustain people. You know, if you make a movie for no money the first thing that goes is salary. And then you don't have professionals who know how to work on these movies anymore because they all have to go to Hollywood where they can make a real living.