Filmmaker strategies for raising money

GOT Low Budgets, High Production Values?

Adrianne Anderson    Oct 11, 2011    
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  • Going Guerrilla with Zombies

    Holly Million
    Nov 23, 2010

    Horror legend George Romero offers fundraising advice to first-timers: "Just make the movie. Don’t worry about the money."

  • Overcoming Your Fear of Fundraising

    Holly Million
    Aug 10, 2010

    A few simple ideas can help nervous fundraisers take the leap.

  • A Short Guide to Funding Short Narratives

    Holly Million
    May 11, 2010

    If you re making a short narrative, foundations give you no respect. Financiers turn a cold shoulder. Government grantors snort. And festivals slot your film Sunday at midnight.

  • Do Ask, Do Tell

    Holly Million
    Mar 1, 2010

    I've asked people for all kinds of money for all kinds of reasons. Whether I'm asking for $1,000 or $100,000, I've found some key concepts rule.

  • Road-Tested Rules For Bang-up Fundraising Events

    Holly Million
    Jan 12, 2010

    Seems like every filmmaker I know is ready to party! Everyone s throwing fundraising events for their films. So many babes in the party-planning woods.

  • How to Entice and Reward Potential Donors

    Holly Million
    Nov 10, 2009

    Here are a few ways to both entice and reward your donors, as well as some tips for thanking them when all's said and done.

  • Writing a Kick-Ass Funding Proposal

    Holly Million
    Sep 14, 2009

    Fear-Free Fundraising: Notes on assembling the basic ingredients for a great foundation funding proposal.

  • Are Your "Friends" Worthless?

    Holly Million
    Jul 13, 2009

    Fear-Free Fundraising: Are Your "Friends" Worthless?

  • "Just Make Them Love It"

    Holly Million
    Jun 8, 2009

    Make them love it. Make? Oh, words of dread! How do you MAKE somebody love your film?

  • Six Degrees of Bringing Home the Bacon

    Holly Million
    May 12, 2009

    Fear-Free Fundraising: Holly Million pitches her approach to securing donors, The Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

  • Lightening Your Fundraising Load

    Holly Million
    Feb 13, 2009

    Fear-Free Fundraising: Holly Million suggests ways to make approaching individual donors that much easier.

  • From Gauche to Great

    Holly Million
    Dec 16, 2008

    Fear-Free Fundraising: Holly Million on how donor cultivation can make you a successful film fundraiser.

  • What Crisis? Fundraising During an Economic Meltdown

    Holly Million
    Dec 3, 2008

    Fear-Free Fundraising: Holly Million advises filmmakers on where to get funding when the going gets tough.

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  • Nov 3, 2011
    Thursday

    Shoot Online: "Bodega Goes Bicoastal, Opens San Francisco Office Under Exec Producer/Partner Clint Goldman"

    "Bodega, a New York-based content creation/production company, has extended its reach Westward with the opening of a San Francisco shop headed by executive producer/partner Clint Goldman." More at shootonline.com.

  • Nov 1, 2011
    Tuesday

    Napa Register: "Napa Goes Big Right out of Film Fest"

    "After whetting local appetites through a successful soft launch last year, 91 films are now listed in the 2011 Napa Valley Film Festival program guide. Those films—many of them short—will be played on 12 screens throughout the Napa Valley, including screenings in Calistoga, Yountville, St. Helena and the city of Napa." More at napavalleyregister.com.

  • Nov 1, 2011
    Tuesday

    Daily News: "Animator John Lasseter to Recieve Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame"

    "John Lasseter, the chief creative officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, will receive the 2,453rd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today," reports Daily News Wire Services. More at dailynews.com.

  • Oct 27, 2011
    Thursday

    Balboa Theatre Saved: SFNTF Partners With Gary Meyer to Keep Theatre Open

    Press release: The San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation announced today that it is partnering with Gary Meyer to keep the City’s historic Balboa Theatre (1926) open and to develop a sustainable long-term plan for the theater. The Theater Foundation also announced it has reached an agreement to lease the theater through 2024—securing the future of one of San Francisco’s oldest operating cinemas. More at sfntf.org.

  • Oct 24, 2011
    Monday

    San Francisco Jewish Film Festival Announces New Executive Director

    Press release: The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival announced its new Executive Director: Lexi Leban, who begins working with the festival November 7, 2011. A longtime member of the Bay Area film community, Lexi has worked in all aspects of film, from production to distribution. She’s also worked with numerous film festivals, including the Mill Valley Film Festival, the San Francisco International Film Festival, and the Global Social Change Film Festival in Bali. Lexi is currently Academic Director of the Digital Filmmaking & Video Production Program at the Art Institute of California, where she built the department from its inception. Her most recent feature documentary, Girl Trouble, which follows young girls in San Francisco’s juvenile justice system, aired on PBS’s acclaimed series Independent Lens in January of 2006, and won Best Bay Area Documentary at the San Francisco International Film Festival. More at sfjff.org.


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