We’ve been busy here at The Film Fund. From travelling to Los Angeles to see “Americano” on the big screen yet again at Dances with Films to judging the most recent entries in our funding contests. Americano, the first film funded by The Film Fund, is now available on Amazon […]
Tim Viola’s short film “AMERICANO” has been chosen as an Official Selection at Dances With Films in June 2019. The film will screen in the heart of LA at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood. The film has already been nominated for more than five awards on the festival circuit, […]
After months of development and production, FF Studios and Greenland Entertainment are happy to release “Treehouse,” a short film written and directed by Matthew Greenberg. Greenberg submitted one sentence to us describing the premise of “Treehouse,” and The Film Fund provided him with the funding necessary to produce his short […]
Note: we mention a lot of brands and products in this post. At this time, no company has sponsored this post. We just like this stuff. 🙂 When putting together an independent film budget, you’re going to want to make sure to set a realistic number for post production services. […]
Point of view might be the most underlooked aspect of film financing. Consider the points of view of potential film investors. Before even thinking about your project, consider the points of view of your potential film investors, whether they’re the gatekeepers of film grants, screenwriting contests, or even the friendly […]
Going it alone works for some industries, but according to Casey Neistat, filmmaking is a sport. And most sports require teams to score points. When talking about the sport of film financing, points from film investors and film financing companies become dollars (or equity, pardon the finance reference) for your […]
The festival process can be excruciating. Entry fees, ticket prices, screening blocks that are less than ideal. They can fun, too, and they’re still the marker of what the world considers a quality independent film–although that’s starting to change with the rise of online platforms. How do independent filmmakers create […]
Congratulations to our two grand prize winners from our last funding period, Elia Urquiza and David Oster. We can’t tell you too much about their films just yet, but stay tuned. As we ramp up and streamline our free distribution process, you’re going to see an influx of original films […]
Gone are the days where you could be the crazed and isolated artistic genius driven solely by artistic vision and achieve success. I’m not sure Kubrick or Welles could find success today. No one wants to deal with a megalomaniac, especially when the talent pool continues to increase because of […]
Visual storytelling must captivate for today’s audiences to maintain engagement. People say that millennials have short attention spans. I’m not sure if that’s entirely true, but it does mean the stories we tell must resonate and capture attention now more than ever, especially when it comes to digital storytelling. Nonsensical […]
Hey, it’s me, Tom, founder of The Film Fund. In addition to being a film producer and a financier with The Film Fund, I’m also a filmmaker myself. In this post, I write about how I got things on the cheap or for free for my award-winning short film, “Son […]
Okay, so I didn’t go to film school. I still might. Who knows. But I have spoken with many filmmakers who’ve attended some of the best film schools in the world. NYU, USC, UCLA, Chapman, SCAD, Columbia…the list goes on. They all say they learned the most on set or […]