News Summary

• Curry Barker received IndieWire’s inaugural Future of Filmmaking Award.
• He is the face of a new group of young filmmakers who took nontraditional paths to Hollywood.
• Barker: “I think the lesson to be learned is that we crave good stories.
• And that doesn't necessarily mean IP.
• But it also doesn’t necessarily mean original.
• Like if an original movie fails, the lesson should be ‘Oh, this movie probably sucked.’”