of streamers like netflix and apple, he believes it is getting more and more difficult to secure money for independent and mid budget films. a movie like kramer vs kramer, for instance, or any big, great 0scar movies that we all love and cherish, today or at least in the last six years would never have been made in this climate because it simply not possible to raise the money for it. and if you do, it is an average time of 5 6 years to get it financed, because it s a complex operation and it s complex how it works. his next film, though, won t be financed through traditional means. with several other investors, niels has started nft studios a studio he believes can democratise film financing with tokens being minted and bought by an online community. when i heard about this, there was two aspects of it that was really, really interesting. one is that these are communities that very engaged in art and music and, you know, film, et cetera but also, that they are engaged investors.
every year to turn their dreams to reality. but those dreams, of course, don t come for free. while those in hollywood may be more used to massaging egos rather than breaking down the blockchain, it hasn t stopped them spotting an opportunity and if there s one thing people here love more than anything else, it s opportunity. six months ago, i thought nft was a football club in germany i m not kidding. nft stuttgart or something. as a producer working with martin scorsese on the likes of the irishman and silence, nielsjuul is used to spending years trying to get films made. and despite the rise of streamers like netflix and apple, he believes it s getting more and more difficult to secure money for independent and mid budget films. a movie like kramer vs kramer, for instance, or any big, great 0scar movies that we all love and cherish, today or at least in the last six years would never have been made in this climate