Funding, Filming & Finding an Audience - Micro Budget Movie Hustle with Jake C. Young

The Honest Filmmaker

The Honest Filmmaker
Funding, Filming & Finding an Audience - Micro Budget Movie Hustle with Jake C. Young
May 13, 2025 Episode 80
Jim Eaves

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This week on the podcast I chat to filmmaker Jake C. Young about his movies, how he funded them through Indiegogo, working with what you have and how he handled sales and distribution. He also told me about how he managed to release his film on Blu-ray through Makeflix.

Find out more about Jake and his movies: https://www.instagram.com/jakecyoung_official/

Check out the re-release of Jim's first solo directing feature The Witches Hammer - out now on amazon 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B0F235F4T8/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r

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