Anton Tubero Indie Film [hot] -

Tubero’s first feature, , premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) before a limited self-distributed release. Budgeted at just $85,000 (raised through a combination of grants, a Kickstarter campaign, and personal savings), the film follows a reclusive elderly man in rural Vermont who believes he’s the keeper of a sacred object that can end a mysterious, slow-moving apocalypse—one that most people ignore.

The rejection letters began as a trickle, then a flood. Sundance said it was "too quiet." SXSW said it "lacked commercial entry points." A popular streaming executive, barely 24, sent a two-line email: "Beautiful craft. But who is this for?" anton tubero indie film