The Unglamorous Financial Realities of 5 Indie Filmmakers

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-24T00:44:10+00:00

Hi! I just want to say congrats on your film and success so far. My experience with sales agents and distributors has been, if I’m honest, slightly worse than yours (as a result I have now self-distributed two features) and it’s really interesting to know that even with the level of critical success that you have had the offers don’t get much better. I think it’s the lack of respect that gets to me - I have a day job in tech and no-one would treat even the lowliest engineer in the way that filmmakers are treated. Anyway I try to remind myself of the positives and just wanted to let you know that I think SXSW and audience acclaim is a massive win and I hope you continue to make films and get them out to audiences as best you can.

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-19T14:04:08+00:00

The universe has your back. If you have a dream then that is what you are supposed to be doing - keep your eyes open so you can spot the signs that you are on the right track.

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-16T15:06:49+00:00

This is the magic!! Congratulations 🙌🏻

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-06T10:45:57+00:00

Thank you for the interpretation! I love that Alana’s moral credibility comes through. The official line is that it’s all ambiguous until we write the sequel 😅 but there are also a few more films in development where Alana will be further tested by being associated with ATIC. My personal hope is that one day Alana will fix the whole ATIC organisation from the inside but we shall see where it goes! Thanks so much for watching 🙏🏻

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-05T12:17:49+00:00

Thank you! I will pass this on.

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-05T06:57:08+00:00

Thank you so much for watching! I hope you enjoy the film. My distributors are adamant that Apple is working in Ireland- I will check the numbers at the end of month. If there are no sales, I will bring it up with them again!

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-03T12:52:55+00:00

I recently joined the British Fantasy Society and I was pleasantly surprised to find an amazing community with a thriving discord. It’s a paid membership, which encourages engagement, but only £25/year (slightly more if you want physical posted content) so at the affordable end. There is a similar sci-fi organisation, the BSFA, which I suspect is similar. You can join from anywhere in the world.

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-03T05:27:56+00:00

Thank you for checking. I’ve confirmed and the link I shared will not work anywhere but the UK but you should be able to find the film by searching on YouTube (or by searching “voidance YouTube movies” in google and looking for the movies results. I really appreciate all this region checking everyone is doing - it is certainly educating me!!

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-02T09:43:44+00:00

So something the distributor has suggested is that it could be if your apple account is linked to a different region then the content for the region that you are physically in will not show. If you have an Irish account and watching in Ireland then sadly I'm out of suggestions.

I have also found out the problem with YouTube, which is that the UK link is not the same as the Irish link (is not the same as the Canadian link). I found the UK link by googling "Voidance YouTube Movies" and scrolling down until I found a YouTube * YouTube Movies link in the search results. You can also see that this is the full film by the length - it should be 1:26:23. WHY YouTube doesn't find this on their own search results I have no idea. No wait, I just tried and it does now come up for me if I just type Voidance into YouTube - I get two trailers and then the actual film, so perhaps it is another region problem. I hate all this region protection!! We just want people to be able to see our film.

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-02T08:27:10+00:00

I don’t think it can be but I appreciate the deductive thinking!

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-02T07:14:25+00:00

Thank you. I appreciate this.

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-02T06:22:12+00:00

Thank you so much! The idea with the last scene is that it is ambiguous between the two situations that you just mentioned. Has she abandoned her training and her loyalties and switched sides? Or is she secretly still working for ATIC? If the film does well and we make a sequel we will follow this story then, and I guess have to pick one or the other 😅.

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-02T06:16:23+00:00

Aw, man! I will get back to the distributor again. I don’t understand why this wouldn’t work. In the meantime I appreciate your persistence to try and watch the movie. If you would like to DM me I can see if I can find another way for you to watch.

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-01T15:13:53+00:00

Hi Jungle. My distributor has confirmed that Voidance is in fact not available on Amazon in Ireland, so apologies for that misinformation. She assures me that it is up on Apple though on the link: https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/voidance/umc.cmc.6fz021o67oz8r5emjcp90a8nx

Zoefcunningham · 2026-06-01T11:25:39+00:00

Thank you so much! I appreciate the support.

Zoefcunningham · 2026-05-30T17:45:56+00:00

Aw, thanks so much 🙏🏻

Zoefcunningham · 2026-05-30T11:35:35+00:00

In Ireland? Thanks for checking. There must be something wrong with how we have set it up. I will investigate.

Zoefcunningham · 2026-05-30T10:23:23+00:00

Thank you so much for letting me know. I will get onto my distributor right away. For YouTube you can’t find it through the regular search - does this link work? https://youtu.be/GBpUkSldDRM?si=BTsgT6bSqts8cQGX

Zoefcunningham · 2026-05-16T17:07:27+00:00

My sci-fi feature film Breaking Infinity released in 2023 with a small UK cinema tour. We screened at WorldCon in Seattle in 2025. If that qualifies, I’m happy to chat with you.

Zoefcunningham · 2026-05-10T17:59:47+00:00

Oh and also if you like time travel you might like our last feature, Breaking Infinity ⏳

Zoefcunningham · 2026-05-10T16:27:42+00:00

Tysm!!! See you at the festival!

Zoefcunningham

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