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The Art of Film Funding

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The Art of Film Funding Podcast is to educate and inform filmmakers. Author/Grantor Carole Dean interviews top professionals from the film industry for up-to-date information on film funding, production, marketing, and hybrid distribution. You will learn how to crowdfund, make an ask for funding, save money on your budgets, hear top attorneys discuss new US and state tax funding and stay abreast of current trends in the industry. Carole is President and Founder of From the Heart Productions, the non-profit dedicated to providing independent filmmakers the information and help they need to get their films funded. Carole started and runs the three yearly Roy Dean Film Grants giving $25,000.00 each in cash and goods and services. She is author of The Art of Film Funding, Alternative Financing Concepts, second edition.

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Our special guest today is Elizabeth Ai, an award-winning Chinese Vietnamese American filmmaker. Ai writes and produces independent feature films and branded content for companies like ESPN, VICE, and National Geographic Channels and her work has won an Emmy. She has produced numerous documentary and narrative features including A Woman's Work: The NFL Cheerleader Problem and Saigon Electric. Today we'll discuss her directorial debut, NEW WAVE, a hybrid feature documentary about 1980s Vietnamese New Wave and a hidden past, which premiered in competition at the 2024 Tribeca Festival. Her film was awarded a special jury mention for best new documentary director, with the jury praising her powerful and emotionally honest storytelling.
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John Bucher & Jeremy Casper share their expertise on creating award winning shorts. For information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.
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Dissecting Docs with Producer/Author Carole Dean and actor/journalist Dr. Don Schwartz shares reviews of excellent documentaries. Dr. Schwartz's book, Telling Their Own Stories: Conversations with Documentary Filmmakers, is... more
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Marx Pyle shares Television on the Wild, Wild Web, covering: building the series, funding, talent, marketing and distribution.
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Simone Bartesaghi, author of The Director's Six Senses shares how to develop skills that every visual storyteller must have, like knowing the?truth? from life experience and how that impacts your storytelling. For information about Carole... more
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Dissecting Docs with Producer/Author Carole Dean and actor/journalist Dr. Don Schwartz shares reviews of excellent documentaries. Dr. Schwartz's book, Telling Their Own Stories: Conversations with Documentary Filmmakers, is... more
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Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez share successful distribution tactics that made BURN one of the best distributed Docs. For information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.
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Lisa Chanoff and Bonni Cohen share advice on applying for their documentary development fund. For information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.
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Marketing maven Melinda Augustina shares her marketing secrets. For information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.
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