Financing / Crowdfunding

Hi Toni, Congratulations! Have you looked through the courses, webinars, and blogs here on @stage32? There is a treasure trove of tips and advice, along with in-depth education on moving your projects forward, pitching, and preparation. Yes, you want to be very well prepared for Cannes with all the right materials ready, to ensure the investment of your time and dollars are well deployed. Good luck!

And Coincidentally, this popped up today! Check it out and let us know what you thought!

https://www.stage32.com/education?p=8975050604851

Thanks so much Jack. Will def check it out. Will you be attending this year?

Toni D'Antonio, one of our wonderful Stage 32 members, Sille Larsen, authored this great blog about attending Cannes for the first time. It was just published yesterday! You can check out all of her tips and insights HERE: https://www.stage32.com/blog/film-festival-de-cannes-what-to-prep-what-t...

Thanks Ashley Renee Smith . I will DEF check it out. :) Will you be attending this year?

I've seen some confusion about this too, Jack Binder. Thanks for clearing it up.

Thank you for sharing these great insights, Jack Binder!

Awesome post - something every filmmaker should read. Greta Gerwig always has something important to say and she knows how to say it at every budget level. Love this!!!

Something all musicians/ composers can learn also ! - using resources we have at different stages.

I love this! Incredible journey by Greta Gerwig, and brilliant choices made to suit the style and budget of each film. Thank you so much for sharing!

thx Ashley Renee Smith great post, love her!

Me too, Marsy Robinson! She's amazing.

I "think" this may have what you are looking for.

Below is a link to an old business plan i never finished.

On page around 6 there is what i think you are looking for. I could be wrong.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rbe2jsn33eb3s54/GUAG%20-%20Movie%20Business%20...

Geoff Hall. The documentary is based on my book Finding Octave": The Untold Story of Two Creole Families and Slavery in Louisiana. My relatives were some of the earliest innovators and teachers of jazz. They just happened to be born in Mexico and came back just before jazz was beginning in Louisiana.

This sounds amazing! I'd love to watch it, and I think it's not only me.

Are there any updates about financing?

The Civil Rights Movement is a very important part of history, and it's very interesting to me, too. It's good that in one of my courses, we started discussing it, and I will find more info about it. I also came across this page https://papersowl.com/examples/civil-rights-movement/ when I was looking for the info, and these Civil Rights Movement essay examples provided there are informative and will for sure help me to finish my paper by the end of this week.

What a fabulous idea. Will think on it. I also recommend this Stage 32 webinar on accessing brands to finance docs: https://www.stage32.com/education?p=8944906436915

Are you doing a GoFundMe / similar campaign, Nick ? Love jazz genre - !! I know JEN has funding for jazz musicians- might want to look there shortly - ;-) There’s always some Washington historical grants - etc. Louisiana slavery and jazz music would be a good search.

SouthArts does funding for tours - as a side note - 1 -2 weeks -‘as a side note - for musicians. Good luck - !! Hope these ideas help.

Nick Douglas wow, Nick. What an amazing family history you have. I’m looking forward to seeing it. Have you checked out Seed and Spark for film funding?

Hello Jane. Hope the day finds you well. My name is Toni D'Antonio with Shake The Tree Productions in NY. My colleague Samantha and I will be attending Cannes for the first time this year and this idea sounds delightful. Please tell me more. I would love to meet up while we are there, learn more about your company and projects and goals and perhaps there could be a collaborative partnership of sorts with my company, projects and goals. All the best, Toni D

Hi Toni,

Thanks for the reply. My email is jsangerluminofilms.co.uk and it’d be a pleasure to meet you. Let me know your cell no and we could arrange a meet up. I’m on the Producers Programme so not yet had the schedule for that but I’m there 13-23. The villa idea has been very popular and we have filled it now. Look forward to hearing from you.

Hey there Jane. I tried to enter that email but it would not take. My email is tonidantonio@gmail.com and my cell is 347.267.4092. Please feel free to reach out. We arrive in Cannes the afternoon of the 13th as well and leave the 23rd. Would love to meet up and get to know each other and hear from an experienced female entrepreneur market attendee who is a peer in the industry. Looking forward to it. Best always,

Toni D

Hi ladies! We are going to be doing our official Stage 32 Cannes Roll call on the blog this Thursday. We do this every year so people can connect and stay in touch heading into Cannes. This will also have our full schedule in it so be sure to check out the blog: www.stage32.com/blog

Thanks Amanda. Looking forward to it!

I haven't been active for a while since I've been busy with multiple projects. I've been wanting to share my work but haven't been able to given the prices on sharing my work the way stage 32 brings them up in my emails. I wouldn't even know where to begin.

I suggest starting with networking in the Lounges, Matthew D Rhodes. Make a post (Example: share a post in the Screenwriting Lounge talking about your journey as a screenwriter and the lessons you've learned) and comment on people's posts.

ok, that sounds like a plan.

The money is already out there, Laurie Ashbourne posted this Robert Rodriguez Film funds so this above so here is repost to check out, https://youtu.be/BLUh4j1pvKQ?si=rEjP8w6zUBo_3y3M

Paul Rivers - wow … great information from the YouTube clip. I stopped at 5 mins, though the guy was giving good tips - how to save money and other practical advice.

I’m a musician / and composer now, so I know, sometimes trying to make things happen and use these type of tips in my music business. Thank you.

Or it maybe a good subject for a Stage32 webinar, Ashley Renee Smith so that people really focus on due diligence and their responsibilities to check out the credibility of those offering financial assistance?

ask for the name of their CPA. If they say no or don’t have one then pass.

Great post Jack. No such thing as too much due diligence, there are so many tools available to run background checks on people or corporates - should they get past the 'duck' test (walks like a duck etc.) Great advice as always and couldn't agree with you more.

This is an excellent post Jack, transparency is key.

So very true, Emma Louise Smith

Thanks for sharing, Laurie Ashbourne. I think Robert Rodriguez' Action Film Fund sounds like a great idea! Like you said, Action is one of the most expensive genres. I think Robert's "use what you got" approach and creativity will help keep the budgets low.

Laurie Ashbourne very interesting content, thanks for sharing… did you get any answer from Rodriguez’s studio?

Laurie Ashbourne, very important topic(s)!

Thanks for sharing ! We need to rethink film funding imho

Thanks for sharing this Laurie - did you receive any feedback on your request for more info about the fund?

Smart alignment!

Yes indeed Jack Binder!

What great news! Neon always puts out bangers and knowing that we can expect mid-budget films from them is exciting to hear as cinephile who misses the mid-budget film!

Amanda Toney I love reading about success stories here on Stage32!

sounds like quality work in the making... yay!

Yes, it has a strong film grant -- It has many calls in different regions and states. I was able to make a feature film thru one of this calls with a producer -- here's the site, it has an english version:

www.gov.br/ancine/pt-br

I found it very difficult without help, it's something that a lawyer finds easier than a filmmaker.

Mission

ANCINE, the Brazilian Film Agency, is a financially and administratively independent government agency, operating under the supervision of the Brazilian Ministry of Culture. It was established in September 2001 to contribute to the regulation, promotion and monitoring of the audiovisual industry in Brazil.

ANCINE’s mission is to create equal conditions of competition among economic agents operating in the Brazilian audiovisual sector and therefore to stimulate the development of a strong and sustainable audiovisual industry.

During the TERRIBLE Bolsonaro's administration ( a worse Trump version) , he tried to extinguish it, closing the resourses and let the artists die... I waited 4 years to be able to finish my film.

Okay! Certainly interesting!

Brazil filming / incentives seem a bit more complicated, less straight forward than say Columbia which has a very good incentive, production services, and track record. Look forward to hearing more on this. Thank you!

I forgot to write before, the films enter in a contest for the film grant -- it's not just make the project, you have to be selected for one of the many contests. My next project is a feature and I'm thinking in how to make it viable at the moment.