Thomas Verdi
7 Ways to Fund Your Short Film
There’s no one successful way to fund a short film. You can apply to grants, submit to a script competition, a screenwriting…
How to Budget for Your Film in Pre-Production
One of the most important pre-production steps is figuring out your budget. How much money do you need to produce your film?…
Celebrate freedom with Americano, available now on Amazon and iTunes
We’ve been busy here at The Film Fund. From travelling to Los Angeles to see “Americano” on the big screen yet again…
AMERICANO is an Official Selection at Dances With Films
Tim Viola’s short film “AMERICANO” has been chosen as an Official Selection at Dances With Films in June 2019. The film will…
FF ORIGINALS RELEASE: Treehouse, directed by Matthew Greenberg
After months of development and production, FF Studios and Greenland Entertainment are happy to release “Treehouse,” a short film written and directed…
How to Master Post- Production at Home to Cut Down Your Film Budget
Note: we mention a lot of brands and products in this post. At this time, no company has sponsored this post. We…
Why point of view alters your film’s funding prospects
Point of view might be the most underlooked aspect of film financing. Consider the points of view of potential film investors. Before…
Why you should bring on a filmmaking partner for film financing
Going it alone works for some industries, but according to Casey Neistat, filmmaking is a sport. And most sports require teams to…
How to make a film that’s festival-worthy
The festival process can be excruciating. Entry fees, ticket prices, screening blocks that are less than ideal. They can fun, too, and…
Why we’ve given away over $14,000 in film funding to films that won’t make us any money
Congratulations to our two grand prize winners from our last funding period, Elia Urquiza and David Oster. We can’t tell you too…
10 reasons filmmaking and entrepreneurship require the same skills
Gone are the days where you could be the crazed and isolated artistic genius driven solely by artistic vision and achieve success….
How to create digital storytelling that matters (or seemingly doesn’t matter)
Visual storytelling must captivate for today’s audiences to maintain engagement. People say that millennials have short attention spans. I’m not sure if…
