Fear Not: How Horror Is Rewriting the Film Market

From low-budget breakout hits to global cultural phenomena, horror is reshaping the film market. This panel explores how bold concepts, distinctive authorial visions, engaged fan communities and innovative distribution strategies have transformed a genre once split between B-movie exploitation and mainstream blockbuster filmmaking into a powerful meeting point between creative risk, popular storytelling and box-office success.

Speakers
Roberto De Feo | director and screenwriter (Italy)
Rachael Labes | Manager, Acquisitions & Productions | IFC Entertainment Group, IFC | Shudder (USA)
Peter Kuplowsky | International Programmer, Midnight Madness, US Indies
Toronto International Film Festival (Canada)
Andrea Romeo | Founder and CEO, I Wonder (Italy)