We’ve been busy here at The Film Fund in the past year, and we’re finally ramping up to produce even more films to help independent filmmakers get their passion projects off the ground. With our newly-launched funding network, filmmakers will be able to submit to ongoing funding opportunities after entering […]
Community spotlight
Learn from those in The Film Fund community.
Watch: Director Mike Thompson tells us why producers don’t care about your logline and why you should ignore them
“I had a producer asking me about international sales, and he hadn’t even heard the logline yet.” For our third Community Spotlight, we reached out to director Mike Thompson, one of our first filmmakers to upload his director’s reel for free to our new Auteurs page. Thompson lives in Louisville, […]
Watch: Director Tim Viola wants you to “f*ck all of it,” trust your gut, and sharpen your logline
“For me, The Film Fund is one word—simplicity. It is all about asking you for one thing, and that’s basically a sentence—what your film is about and why you need it.” For our second community spotlight, I reached out to The Film Fund’s first winner—Tim Viola, who used the funds […]
Watch: Filmmaker Alexander Cooper decides to pursue his dream and make movies after losing his father and his job
“I found some stories that needed to be told. No one else would do it, so I thought I might as well do it.” –Alexander Cooper, director/producer/actor For our first Community Spotlight, I reached out to a filmmaker I’ve been following on Twitter, Alexander Cooper. I sent Cooper some questions […]