Breaking into the film industry as a producer is no easy feat—especially when it comes to financing. Securing funding is one of the biggest challenges filmmakers face. With the right knowledge and strategy, it’s entirely possible. The Raindance Producer’s Foundation…
Feature film finance anyone? Have you an idea for a movie? Have you got a fantastic script? Are you awaiting a pile of cash so you can make it? Do you know anything about film finance basics? I got this…
For those of you who have attended our Marketing & Distribution courses will know we always recommend reading the dailies that come from film markets such as Cannes, Berlin and AFM. From the dailies you will see who is selling,…
We’d struggled with stepping up to larger budgets on past productions and I knew something in our model had to change. The thing that got our first BIFA nominated film Little White Lies made was doing it on a…
Above The Line Costs The top sheet of a film budget is divided into various sections. The first of these sections summarises what are known as above the line costs. These are the creative elements – story rights and screenplay,…
I wrote this article way back in 2012. Not a lot has changed since then. In the world of film finance, that is. Here are some ideas of how you can de-risk your film finance in 2023. With the long…
One of the tasks of a film producer seeking finance is to derisk their project in order to show potential clients their film project is less likely to lose money. The UK has excellent tax advantages, if used properly. The…
