Indiefilm Distribution Payment Waterfalls 101

I’ve been quoted as saying that investors get the short end of the stick in film investment.  They end up putting up all or most of the money, and then are often left with their hands out.  They’re the last to get paid on the production, and the system is structured in such a way that it’s almost Impossible to create a sustainable investor class.

I wrote an entire 7-part blog series on WHY film investment is in the tubes, so I don’t need to do that again.  This blog will focus on exactly what I mean about investors being the last to be paid, when filmmakers don’t get any profit share until after the investors have recouped.  The answer to this question lies in the standard distribution waterfall

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