Insights
Short pieces on the parts of film financing that are decided before an application is written.
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Producers
Most funds are not assessing whether a film should exist. They are assessing whether this team can deliver it. A producer attachment is the fastest way to answer that question.
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Grant Strategy
A strong application to the wrong fund scores zero. Eligibility work is not admin — it is the first strategic decision of the campaign.
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Film Funding
Projects stall for structural reasons far more often than creative ones. The pattern is usually visible in the materials.
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An application answers one funder's questions. A strategy decides which funders are asked, in what order, and with what already in place.
Producers are assessing whether a project fits their slate, their budget band and their next eighteen months. Most approaches never address any of the three.