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US buyers remain conservative ahead of Cannes, but some see “opportunities for risk-taking”

  • May 11, 2026

“Buyers are looking for something that has an audience,” says Palisades Park Pictures CEO Tamara Birkemoe. “That’s what worked for The Magic Faraway Tree. Given the times we live in that movie felt good, happy, adventurous. People want to forget what’s going on outside. Audiences are still out there; it’s just if they don’t know what the movie is they’re not going to see it.”

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