On This Page The Market Shift in Plain Terms Region-by-Region Snapshot Introducing the FilmTake Advance Index Festival Signals & Genre Premiums What This Means for Buyers, Agents & Producers FilmTake Away: The Bottom Line The global independent film market has entered a period of hard correction. The number of buyers has contracted, advances are smaller, and even strong festival premieres are taking longer to close. What was once an expansive network of territorial sales has narrowed into a