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Community spotlight

Learn from those in The Film Fund community.

Elia Urquiza filmmaker headshot 2 the film fund
August 10, 2020

Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Elia Urquiza

Elia Urquiza is a filmmaker who has had her project funded by The Film Fund. We asked her some questions about fundraising…

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Funded Filmmaker Spotlight
July 26, 2020

Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Travis Beard

Travis is a filmmaker whose short film about North Korea, which is being funded by The Film Fund, is in pre-production. We…

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Funded Filmmaker Spotlight

Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Savanna Hunter-Reeves

Savanna Hunter-Reeves wrote a one-sentence pitch, and our judges selected her entry as a winner, granting her the funds to produce her…

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June 27, 2020

Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Tommy Garcia

Tommy Garcia had his short film project funded by The Film Fund by submitting a one-sentence pitch. We asked Tommy some questions…

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Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Colleen Brady

Colleen Brady wrote a one-sentence pitch, and our judges selected her entry as a winner, granting her the funds to produce her…

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Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Bridget Barbara

Bridget Barbara has had her work funded by The Film Fund, so we asked her some questions about filmmaking and independent funding….

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Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Jonathan Chen

Jonathan Chen is a filmmaker funded by The Film Fund. We asked him some questions about filmmaking, his inspirations, and the world…

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Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Nader Yousef

Nader Yousef wrote a one-sentence pitch, and our judges selected his entry as a winner, granting him the funds to create his…

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Contest Winners can get gear like this
June 11, 2020

The Film Fund’s Spring 2020 Film Funding Contest Winners

In our last contest, we said we’d be finding ways to award more filmmakers and make more movies happen. Last time, we…

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katie sadler filmmaker by ocean
May 25, 2020

Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Katie Sadler

Katie Sadler is not your typical filmmaker (whatever “typical” means, anyway). She’s also a dancer, and she channels her excitement for and…

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matthew greenberg red camera treehouse short film
April 6, 2020

Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Matthew Greenberg

If you can’t get to the heart of it within a couple of sentences, then it’s too complicated of a story line,…

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william dejessa holding handheld independent filmmaking camera

Ask a DP: What Camera Is Best for a Low-Budget Film?

Many of our members in the FF Studios chat community have asked what gear they should be using on their low-budget independent…

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