Bart on the fest biz
Back from Toronto, Peter Bart puzzles over the fest biz, a celebration of mixed messages:
Support is hard to come by for a number of reasons. The press keeps running stories about the fade-out of the specialty film business, but new players like Summit and Overture were in full action at Toronto. Reporters keep writing that money is running out, but some new funds announced themselves at this fest, and the folks from Abu Dhabi kept reminding anyone who would listen that they had more money than they know what to do with (needless to say, there were a lot of people with suggestions at Toronto).
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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