Australian distributor Troy Lum is a key buyer of international and arthouse films through Kismet, and he produces too — now through Brouhaha Entertainment. He explains how he maintains his portfolio.
Taste matters, affirms Australian producer/distributor Troy Lum. “The path for a film to be successful is so narrow and only good films work,” he says. “Theatrical is feast or famine. In the old days, films that weren’t brilliant could still do business. Now, many films don’t work, but if you hit the target the sky’s the limit.”
Through Kismet, the outfit he runs with Jason Hernandez which releases in Australia and New Zealand, Lum is in the middle of a busy period distributing three awards season big-hitters: Anora, Emilia Pérez and Maria.
