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Where The Money Is

Looking for the money to finance your indie pic? Nicol Wistreich the co-writer of The Film Finance Handbook: How to Fund Your Film: New Global Edition writes about where to find those pots of cash. The article focuses on UK indies, but it also contains great information for all filmmakers.

…Unless you’re heir to a minor fortune or - like Jan Dunn, with festival hit Gypo, or Christopher Nolan with his first feature Following - are prepared to shoot on the lowest possible budget while maxing your credit cards, you’re going to need to pull together funding from a number of sources.

Multi-Party Financing - which is how almost all independent features are funded – involves the subtle art of balancing the needs and investment of a range of different backers, unlike studio or single-party finance. Each backer has different needs and objectives, and will usually come in at different points in the financing process. The main sources of finance are detailed below.

— BBC | Read The Full Article

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