The Art of Film Funding
Discover the secrets to funding and creating successful indie films with The Art of Film Funding Podcast. Join Carole Dean, President of From the Heart Productions and author of The Art of Film Funding, and Heather Lenz, director of the award-winning documentary Kusama-Infinity, as they chat with top film industry pros. Get practical insider tips on crowdfunding, pitching, saving on budgets, marketing, hybrid distribution, and the latest in A.I. filmmaking. Whether you’re funding your first project or navigating new trends, this podcast has everything you need to succeed. Subscribe and let’s get your film funded!
The Art of Film Funding
Latest Episodes
The Producer Is You: How Filmmakers Can Build, Fund, and Finish Their Films
Today, we are talking with Irina Chernikina, producer/director/writer, about one of the most important—and often misunderstood—roles in independent filmmaking: the producer. What does an independent producer actually do? How does a producer gui...
Brace for Oblivion: Xackery Irving on Courage, Truth, and Ukraine’s Front Lines
Over more than 30 years, Xackery Irving has produced hundreds of hours of nonfiction programming for The New York Times Television, History, and National Geographic. For his work on Brace For Oblivion, he was granted the p.g.a. ...
Human-Powered Filmmaking: Ben Wolf on Craft, Community and Change
What happens when a neighborhood asks for one dangerous street to be made safer—and discovers that the fight is really about power, money and who gets to shape the future of a city? Stay with us as filmmaker Ben Wolf reveals how he transformed ...
Bodies of Water: Transforming Grief into a Global Story
Today, we are speaking with award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer, and storyteller Betsy Murphy.Her documentaries have screened at international film festivals and appeared on Hulu, Showtime, and Amazon Prime. Her projects h...
Scaling a Documentary for Global Change: Nivi Jaswal’s Path from Self-Funding to 1,000 Screens
Alternative ideas for Outreach distribution for the documentary, Third Degree Burnout – A Survivor’s Guide.In 2020, Nivi Jaswal-Wirtjes lost her father to COVID-19 while struggling through her own burn...
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