Will No Manifesto appear ever?

[Elizabeth M]

Originally Posted by Tidus

I understand, but if you were to end up distributing via digital means, surely that would reduce the cost in that department at a later stage, especially if you are having to stump up more cash for the rights than previously expected?

Either way, I hope you get there in the end. It'd be nice to see the film as it seems an endeavour of absolute love.

Regarding digital distribution, we're not ruling it out, but we're not making any distribution decisions right now because we can't distribute the film by any means until the rights are paid for. Once the rights are paid for, many distribution options open up including some that come with their own funding attached. We will be making our distribution decisions when we have a clearer picture of what those options are.

To clarify: The problem is not actually that we're being asked to pay an unreasonable amount for the rights. The problem is that we weren't expecting to have to come up with the money to pay for the rights until after we'd released the film. We had a handshake agreement with Sony that they would allow us to release the film and then pay for the music rights out of the film's income, but because of the economy and the bad state of the music industry, they changed their minds about this and now want the money up front.

Thank you for your suggestions and good wishes!

Originally Posted by Midlands_Junk

I'd have thought that Sony would have been glad for someone to have made an incredible film promoting one of their artists to a massive audience. How foolish of me

And me!