{"id":3120,"date":"2026-07-06T17:08:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3120"},"modified":"2026-07-06T17:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T17:08:30","slug":"oscar-winner-juan-de-dios-larrain-says-sundance-should-follow-karlovy-varys-lead-and-become-a-distribution-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3120","title":{"rendered":"Oscar Winner Juan de Dios Larra\u00edn Says Sundance Should Follow Karlovy Vary\u2019s Lead and Become a Distribution Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Oscar-winning Chilean producer Juan de Dios Larra\u00edn (Sebasti\u00e1n Lelio\u2019s <em>A<\/em> <em>Fantastic Woman<\/em>), who earlier this year launched direct-to-audience distribution platform Pijama for independent, undistributed films\u00a0with brother and director Pablo Larra\u00edn (<em>El Conde<\/em>), thinks film festivals, such as Sundance, will need to consider offering a distribution path for the films they feature.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3118\">Johnny Knoxville Comedy \u2018Tiny Fugitives\u2019 From Producer Seth Rogen Sets Fall Release (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He appeared in a discussion at the\u00a0Karlovy Vary\u00a0International\u00a0Film Festival\u00a0(KVIFF)\u2019s\u00a0KVIFF Industry Days\u00a0strand in the Czech spa town on Monday that was entitled \u201cThe Future of Film Distribution Is Already Here: Same Problem \u2013 Opposite Directions.\u201d He was joined by Steffen Kottkamp of Directors Collection, a soon-to-launch venture of\u00a0Weydemann\u00a0Bros. that is focused on AVOD and FAST channel distribution strategies, along side moderator Diana Lodderhose, <em>Deadline Hollywood<\/em>\u2018s international features editor.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cI know that the people behind Sundance are very worried about what\u2019s going on, because the movies that go to Sundance are getting less and less distribution opportunities. So they feel responsible,\u201d Larra\u00edn said of the independent film industry\u2019s distribution challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The Chilean producer, who won a 2018 international feature film Oscar as a producer on <em>A Fantastic Woman<\/em> (<em>Una Mujer Fant\u00e1stica<\/em>), pointed to Karlovy Vary\u2019s streaming platform KVIFF.TV as proof that the industry needs new distribution channels: \u201cIs Sundance responsible for the future of the films that they bring to life? I don\u2019t know. Can they do better? Yes. How? I don\u2019t know \u2014 again. \u2026 But I would say that the answer is that at some point Sundance will need to be, as Karlovy Vary is here, a distribution platform.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3116\">Karlovy Vary: Czech Director Pitches Rolling Stones Comedy About Legendary 1990 Prague Concert<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Larra\u00edn on Monday also discussed the rationale behind launching Pijama. \u201cThe fact that your movie doesn\u2019t find distribution doesn\u2019t mean that it doesn\u2019t have an audience,\u201d he highlighted. \u201cEvery movie has an audience \u2014 maybe it\u2019s 10 people, maybe it\u2019s your family, schoolmates, some friends, 100, maybe just 1,000, maybe 10,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Added Larra\u00edn: \u201cBut if you don\u2019t have a way to connect your movie with that \u2026 whatever the number is, how can you monetize your work? 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