Doing a narrowcast movie atm aimed at upper Academia and reaching them directly via social media for feedback and participation has worked for this project.

Funny you say that. It’s been a solo sport ever since the epidiascope all the way to your grand dad’s super-8 holiday movies. Especially nowadays, the fine art side of cinema has become cheaper and cheaper that, for the first time in history, it’s become possible to make a decent fine art film, pretty much on one’s own. Yes but yes but…. We’re talking about The Movies here! Show Business! Streaming! TV! Agreed, That’s still around. But it’s by no means prevalent enough any more in the face of the millions of cameras and one-man crews around to be called anything like a norm any more. So when a kid gets it wrong and conflates Chris Nolan with Toktok fame, there are more of them than there are of us. Therefore, by volume alone. It’s us who have to adapt. Just like “gay” and “queer” have changed, “film” and “film maker” must adapt - or die.

Until a Tubular Bells comes along. Don’t forget you’re preaching to the choir here. Those soloist posts on social media are coming mainly from Gen Z who live all their lives on the phone, alone.