Screen Podcast Spotlights 2 Cannes Market Buzz Titles in Episode 7

3 articles · Updated · Screen International · May 18

Episode 7 of The Screen Podcast at Cannes focused on genre-film highlights and the market attention building around Club Kid and A Man Of His Time.
Host Wendy Mitchell was joined by reviews editor Nikki Baughan and Americas editor Jeremy Kay, who also discussed U.S. distributor Cineverse.
The festival podcast is releasing daily episodes throughout Cannes, with each new installment dropping at 7:30 a.m. CET.
Listeners can watch or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Soundcloud and YouTube.

With blockbusters absent from Cannes, are independent genre films becoming the new benchmark for market success and major studio investment?

With new distributors entering the Cannes 'Wild West,' how will their strategies challenge established players for the next big festival hit?

As distributors play safer, how did one film secure a massive eight-figure deal, and what does this signal for other independent movies?