Deep-pocketed parkas trigger a flurry of sales

January 26, 2007 Under cloudless skies at this week's Sundance Film Festival, a perfect storm of elements created a level of competitive buying unlike any this festival has ever seen. In recent years a buyer's market, Sundance 2007 clearly favored the sellers and revealed a global shift in indie feature economics. 10 features and three documentaries -- sold to distributors, both foreign and domestic, over six days, with many more smaller deals expected to close at festival's end and beyond.

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