The Art of Film Funding

Hollywood Goes Vertical: How Filmmakers Can Create, Sell and Make Money from Vertical Drama

Send us Fan Mail Dana Protsyshak is the founder of Dana Productions, the LA Vertical Drama Market, and Vert-I-Go Media, a vertical drama platform designed with creators

Beyond the Festival: How to Protect, Distribute and Extend the Life of Your Independent Film

Send us Fan Mail Apple TungFong is the founder and CEO of CineLot, a technology platform designed to connect the many stages of the film-festival process—from submission

Don’t Wait for Hollywood: Garrett Patten on Building Your Own Independent Film Career

Send us Fan Mail Garrett Patten is a versatile actor, director, and filmmaker known for his work on Self Custody. As an active force in the West Coast creative community

Hook Them From the First Frame: The Art of the Fundraising Trailer

Send us Fan Mail Today we have an important conversation about one of the most critical aspects of film funding.  Your trailer.  This is by far your most important fundi

Move beyond traditional funding models with Simone Pero, Emmy nominated producer

Send us Fan Mail Description:  Today we're talking with Simone Pero, an Emmy-nominated producer and the founder of For Impact Productions. Simone helps mission-dri

Winning Film Grants with Carole Joyce

Send us Fan Mail Our guest today is Carole Joyce, Vice President of From the Heart Productions and Director of our grant programs, including the Roy W. Dean Grants and t

The Producer Is You: How Filmmakers Can Build, Fund, and Finish Their Films

Send us Fan Mail Today, we are talking with Irina Chernikina, producer/director/writer, about one of the most important—and often misunderstood—roles in independent film

Brace for Oblivion: Xackery Irving on Courage, Truth, and Ukraine’s Front Lines

Send us Fan Mail Over more than 30 years, Xackery Irving has produced hundreds of hours of nonfiction programming for The New York Times Television, History, and Nationa

Human-Powered Filmmaking: Ben Wolf on Craft, Community and Change

Send us Fan Mail What happens when a neighborhood asks for one dangerous street to be made safer—and discovers that the fight is really about power, money and who gets t

Bodies of Water: Transforming Grief into a Global Story

Send us Fan Mail Today, we are speaking with award-winning documentary filmmaker, writer, and storyteller Betsy Murphy. Her documentaries have screened at international

Scaling a Documentary for Global Change: Nivi Jaswal’s Path from Self-Funding to 1,000 Screens

Send us Fan Mail Alternative ideas for Outreach distribution for the documentary,  Third Degree Burnout – A Survivor’s Guide. In 2020, Nivi Jaswal-Wirtjes lost her fath

Faith, Film & Funding: Jessica Wrabel's Journey with her film

Send us Fan Mail Today, we're delighted to welcome Jessica Wrabel, a versatile and respected actress and producer with more than two decades of experience in televi

Production Management 101: The Real Business of Making Movies

Send us Fan Mail Deborah Patz’s book, Film Production Management 101, has become one of the industry's most respected resources and is often described as the “essen

Short Films, Big Impact: A Conversation with Rae Shaw

Send us Fan Mail Rae Shaw is a Black female writer-director whose work has been evolving to stretch the boundaries of how Black women see and are seen in the world. Her

The Future of Independent Filmmaking: Inside From the Heart THRIVE

Send us Fan Mail Check out our new educational platform From the Heart THRIVE! This platform brings together all of From the Heart’s Courses, Classes, Services and Reso

The S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Formula: Joanne Butcher's Seven Steps to Get Your Film Funded, Made, and Seen Worldwide

Send us Fan Mail Joanne Butcher has shaped the careers of more than a hundred independent filmmakers as a Consulting Producer, helping them navigate the business realiti

How to Throw a Film Funding Party That Raises Real Money with Carole Joyce

Send us Fan Mail Carole Dean interviews her daughter, Carole Joyce — a two-time Telly Award–winning producer and Vice President of From The Heart Productions. With decad

Think Outside the Box Office: Mastering Film Distribution in Today’s Market

Send us Fan Mail Jon has been at the forefront of independent film for decades. Today, we’re diving deep into what it really takes to get your film seen—and how to survi

The Future of Film Funding: Predicting Audiences Before You Shoot

Send us Fan Mail Imagine being able to understand your audience before you even shoot your first scene… to test your story, evaluate casting choices, and anticipate mark

The End of the Old Budget — How Two Veteran Producers Are Reinventing the Way Hollywood Manages Money

Send us Fan Mail This is a revolution to budget making. If you want to learn how to budget your film with the newest program that will save you hours and be accurate, li