A new experience

The treatment I worked on a while back is now out in the world, trying to meet some moneyed friends that might turn it into a fully fledged film. The director and me started out - modestly - by contacting smaller production companies, that we were somehow connected to. You know, just to have a chance of getting the treatment read within a foreseeable future. And also reasonable because, even though it is an action-comedy, we have tried to keep the budget down. No big explosions. Only expensive thing is many locations as the story is one long chase in Athens and surroundings.
Our local Greek companies have been abysmal in their response. Like, not even reading the damn thing. Nothing new there. But then things looked a little more promising with a small English producer and a Danish one. They read our synopsis and agreed to have a look at the treatment. Eventually, they both passed. But not for a reason I have experienced before. They were both enthusiastic about the treatment. The English producer called it near-perfect (to my amusement, as I have a lot of things I want to improve). They both went to great length in giving a response. And they both passed on the project because they felt it was too big for them. They were afraid they couldn't handle this type of film as it deserved. We should approach a bigger player - and they delivered the contacts for that. So now the treatment is being read by two major European production companies. And we are moving into a league where neither of us, the director and I, have set foot before. But I feel ready. More than ready.