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  • The Film-Buying Market Has Changed... But Make Your Movie Anyway
  • Film Finances And Media Guarantors Merging In Major Shakeup Of Completion Bond Business
  • Why Nobody Wants to Finance Your Film Yet

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nofilmschool.com /1 month ago

The Film-Buying Market Has Changed... But Make Your Movie Anyway

If you're into movie-making (which we guess you are, because you're here right now), you know that the way independent films get financed has shifted hard in the last few years. So...

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deadline.com /1 month ago

Film Finances And Media Guarantors Merging In Major Shakeup Of Completion Bond Business

EXCLUSIVE: Film Finances, part of the STX Entertainment family, and Media Guarantors are merging, creating a leading global completion bond firm for independent film, a unique spac...

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raindance.org /3 weeks ago

Why Nobody Wants to Finance Your Film Yet

Film finance is rarely defeated by one missing cheque. It collapses because several unanswered questions pile up behind the screenplay. These seven questions have been asked of me...

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nofilmschool.com /5 days ago

How Fiscal Sponsorship Can Help Finance Your Indie Film

Fiscal sponsorship can give independent filmmakers access to tax-deductible donations, in-kind contributions, grants, and other resources without changing how they ultimately monet...

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jerseydigs.com /1 week ago

Lionsgate Studios Newark Lands $101 Million Financing for Massive Film Production Facility

Lionsgate Studios Newark has secured $101 million in financing for its $194 million production campus, which is expected to create more than 600 long-term jobs.

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indiewire.com /1 month ago

Indie Film’s Next Money Doesn’t Want Your Passion Project

Hollywood studios might be scouring for the next "Obsession," but there's a growing class of investors looking for projects that match their values.

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filmmakingstuff.com /1 month ago

Movie Economics: How the Money Really Works in Filmmaking

If you want to make movies, you have to understand movie economics. I meet a lot of filmmakers who spend years learning cameras, directing actors, and writing scripts, but they nev...

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nofilmschool.com /1 month ago

The Art of Asking for Money for Indie Films feat. Madhouse Films

In this episode of the No Film School Podcast, Madhouse Films co-founders Katherine Romans and Charlie Traisman join GG Hawkins to explain how they built an independent production...

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gointothestory.blcklst.com /3 weeks ago

The Business of Screenwriting: Commencement of Principal Photography

When your movie officially starts production, that can trigger a writer’s payday.Continue reading on Go Into The Story »

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nofilmschool.com /3 weeks ago

Fiscal Sponsorship Explained

Fiscal sponsorship can give independent filmmakers access to tax-deductible donations, in-kind contributions, corporate partnerships, and other fundraising opportunities without ch...

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screendaily.com /1 month ago

Pathe, Tricky Knot, Saatchi and Logical Pictures execs to speak at Screen’s 2026 UK finance Summit

The ‘Financing the Future of UK Film’ summit takes place on September 29 at the BFI Southbank in London.

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latimes.com /1 month ago

L.A. County weighs a grant fund to keep indie films from leaving

Indie filmmakers say California's tax credit skips them. L.A. County's proposed Evergreen Fund would offer grants instead — if it survives the budget.

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nofilmschool.com /1 month ago

The Real Skill Behind Getting a Movie Made

Making a movie is brutal. It's hard. We know.But the lead-up to the green light might even be worse. Before you get to hire actors or buy props, you often have to sit across from s...

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alternativecreditinvestor.com /1 month ago

Investors eye film financing but barriers to entry remain

Private credit investors are turning their attention to opportunities in film financing as they look to move away from direct lending as it faces rising defaults and artificial int...

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mediabistro.com /1 week ago

Film Money Is Moving Fast. Journalism Money Is Running Out.

Money follows momentum. Right now, that momentum is in international film distribution, where acquisitions are happening faster and festival pedigree is translating directly into t...

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variety.com /3 weeks ago

‘How the F— Would You Get This Movie Made in America?’ Christine Vachon, Film4, BBC Film Put ‘Trainspotting,’ ‘Ratcatche...

Would “Trainspotting” get financed today? Could Lynne Ramsay survive the jump from shorts to a first feature? And might “The Wicker Man,” once treated as a problem child, now look...

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alternativecreditinvestor.com /1 month ago

International Film Fund launches first $50m institutional capital raise

Specialist private credit manager International Film Fund (IFF) has launched its inaugural institutional capital raise, which is targeting $50m (£37.5m). IFF provides senior secure...

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nofilmschool.com /1 month ago

From Script to $100K Equity Financing: Navigating The Greenlight List

This is a sponsored podcast in partnership with Eddie AI.Most filmmakers wait until after production to identify their audience and develop a distribution strategy. In this sponsor...

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screendaily.com /1 month ago

Canal+ pledges $1bn five-year cinema investment from 2028

Media group pledges support to debut films, emerging talent, commercial titles.

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nofilmschool.com /1 month ago

The Greenlight List: $100,000 in Equity Financing for One Screenplay

The endless black hole of screenwriting contests is the bane of every writer's existence. It’s hard to know which ones are good and which ones have prizes that actually make a diff...

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screendaily.com /3 weeks ago

Moby talks film investment strategy and what the music industry could teach indie film

Moby and Lindsay Hicks’ Little Walnut has backed Edinburgh opener ‘The Incomer’.

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blackenterprise.com /1 month ago

The African Export-Import Bank Launches $1B Film Fund To Finance Africa’s Creative Industry

The fund will invest through equity, quasi-equity, and structured financing to support commercially viable film, television, and immersive media projects

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filmmakingstuff.com /1 month ago

How to Know If Your Indie Film Will Sell

If you've ever wondered how to know if your indie film will sell, I've got some good news. You don't have to wait until your movie is finished to find out. In fact, after years of...

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screendaily.com /1 week ago

AMC moves into distribution with launch of Leawood Films

Goal is to be additive to ecosystem as venture champions fully-financed or completed small and medium-sized films.

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