The Company Is the Project: Building Production Companies That Outlast Their Films

Much of our time goes into financing the next film. This session turns to the company behind it: how it is built, how it grows and how it holds on to its people. Producers running very different businesses (a cross-border alliance, a firm with an outside partner, a label within a larger group, a boutique that chose to stay small, and a fresh start after closure) share the routes they have followed. From there, the conversation moves on to developing and keeping talent, the risks that can put everything on the line, and working under sustained pressure without losing yourself.
Which route keeps you in business ten years from now, and what does it take to survive your own success?