The industry veteran spoke about the challenges plaguing U.S. distribution and Utopia's shift towards heavily curated releases while speaking at the Costa Rica Media Market
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'Summer Tour' Courtesy of Utopia Distribution The years that directly succeeded the COVID pandemic were marked by a dire, almost apocalyptic view on the future of cinemagoing. Audiences who were already thinning out before global lockdowns became even scarcer, with streamers growing their market share and smaller arthouse cinemas closing down as audiences failed to return through their doors once they reopened.
Yet, in the last two years, this sentiment of sheer doom has slowly and steadily begun to give way to a tentative yet very much present hope. The same pandemic years that decimated older arthouse audiences have brewed a new generation driven by a cinephilia built upon internet archives, social media and platforms like Letterboxd, with young film fans queuing up for repertory screenings and special events in major U.S. capitals and other cities around the world.
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