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The Art of Film Funding

The Art of Film Funding

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The Art of Film Funding Podcast is to educate and inform filmmakers. Author/Grantor Carole Dean interviews top professionals from the film industry for up-to-date information on film funding, production, marketing, and hybrid distribution. You will learn how to crowdfund, make an ask for funding, save money on your budgets, hear top attorneys discuss new US and state tax funding and stay abreast of current trends in the industry. Carole is President and Founder of From the Heart Productions, the non-profit dedicated to providing independent filmmakers the information and help they need to get their films funded. Carole started and runs the three yearly Roy Dean Film Grants giving $25,000.00 each in cash and goods and services. She is author of The Art of Film Funding, Alternative Financing Concepts, second edition.

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Michael Holstein is a co-founder and executive producer at Mesmeric Media. He began his career writing for HBO's The Wire and marketing major films like The Rock and Independence Day. After earning a law degree, Michael became VP of Business Affairs at WETA-TV in Washington, DC, where he produced numerous shows, including In Performance at the White House and PBS NewsHour. Some of his honors include being the only 3x winner of Real Screen's "Summit Showdown" competition and being a 2017 Producer's Guild Award nominee. For more information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.
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Dissecting Docs with Producer/Author Carole Dean and actor/journalist Dr. Don Schwartz shares reviews of excellent documentaries. Dr. Schwartz's book, Telling Their Own Stories: Conversations with Documentary Filmmakers, is... more

Our guest is Nicolas Gonda, Co-Founder of Tugg, a web-platform that enables audiences to choose the films that play in their local theaters. For information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit... more

Melody Jackson shares successful marketing wisdom. For information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.

Corky Kessler Esq explains how to use Section 181 Tax Incentive for investors in features and docs up to $15 million budgets. For information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.

Dissecting Docs with Producer/Author Carole Dean and actor/journalist Dr. Don Schwartz shares reviews of excellent documentaries. Dr. Schwartz's book, Telling Their Own Stories: Conversations with Documentary Filmmakers, is... more

Joanna Rabiger shares Fundraising and Professional Writing for Documentary Films: proposals, crowdsourcing (Indiegogo, Kickstarter, etc). For information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit... more

John Trigonis, Indiegogo crowdfunding expert shares tips for funding your film online. To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.

Dissecting Docs will review five incredible documentaries covered by Don Schwartz and Carole Dean ... Above and Beyond, Greedy Lying Bastards, Bottled Life and The Winding Stream. We are honored to have Beth Harrington, as our... more

Top film attorney discusses benefits and how to work AFM, Cannes, and his $200K grant, plus new financing for films. For more information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit... more

Dissecting Docs covers the films This Ain't No Mouse Music, Connected, Cowspiracy, as well as Let Them Eat Cake, and Women Behind the Camera, of which we will have the great pleasure of being joined by the filmmaker Alexis... more
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