EXCLUSIVE : An indie film shocker on the eve of the Cannes market with news that Alex Walton is exiting WME Independent , which is discontinuing its international sales operation. After a five-year run as co-head, Walton, the well-liked Brit vet, will set up his own film financing, production, and sales venture soon after Cannes. That should be ready to roll come AFM. A handful of the international team will leave WME Independent, some to join Walton at his next stop. It’s likely there will also be some carry over of projects from the WME slate into Walton’s next operation. Deb McIntosh now segues to become sole head of the WME sales label where she and remaining team will continue to sell domestic on projects. At Cannes, there won’t be any international dealmaking but the domestic slate includes marquee projects like Park Chan Wook’s starry market title The Brigands of Rattle Creek and festival drama The Man I Love from Ira Sachs.…