I have a weird situation. I am in the process of making a shortfilm for which I need some funding. I talked to a producer who liked my pitch but had too many projects cooking so she referred me to another producer who she said could be interested. The other producer said they liked my story but wanted me to give up the rights of the story to one of their directors which I wasn’t interested in. They then referred me to another producer.
Long story short: I’ve talked to maybe 8 different producers, each being suggested by another producer and all of them (except 1) likes my pitch but for some reason can’t produce it. Before people say “maybe the budget is too high”, the budget was not talked about during any of the interviews.
Is this normal that producers do? Just keep sending you to the next? I appreciate the opportunity but I’m talking to the 9th producer next week and I’m getting kinda tired.