“We’re On the Cusp of a Real Revolution in Independent Film”: Producer Joe Pirro on Cannes 2025

Producers Joe Pirro and Caroline Clark attended the 2025 Cannes Film Festival as Gotham Cannes Producer Network Fellows. Pirro is with the New York company Symbolic Exchange, and Clark L.A.’s Kindred Spirit. The two recently collaborated on Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet, and here, in a part one of a two-part conversation, that share their festival debrief. First up, Clark querying Pirro. Clark: You were awarded this year’s Sundance Institute | Amazon MGM Studios Producers Award for Fiction at the Sundance Film Festival. From a decorated producer’s point of view, how do you like to prioritize your time at Cannes, […] The post “We’re On the Cusp of a Real Revolution in Independent Film”: Producer Joe Pirro on Cannes 2025 first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

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“We’re On the Cusp of a Real Revolution in Independent Film”: Producer Joe Pirro on Cannes 2025

Producers Joe Pirro and Caroline Clark attended the 2025 Cannes Film Festival as Gotham Cannes Producer Network Fellows. Pirro is with the New York company Symbolic Exchange, and Clark L.A.’s Kindred Spirit. The two recently collaborated on Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet, and here, in a part one of a two-part conversation, that share their festival debrief. First up, Clark querying Pirro. Clark: You were awarded this year’s Sundance Institute | Amazon MGM Studios Producers Award for Fiction at the Sundance Film Festival. From a decorated producer’s point of view, how do you like to prioritize your time at Cannes, […] The post “We’re On the Cusp of a Real Revolution in Independent Film”: Producer Joe Pirro on Cannes 2025 first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.