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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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The Art of Film Funding

Our guest is Nicolas Gonda, Co-Founder of Tugg, a web-platform that enables audiences to choose the films that play in their local theaters. For information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit... more
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Melody Jackson shares successful marketing wisdom. For information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.
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Corky Kessler Esq explains how to use Section 181 Tax Incentive for investors in features and docs up to $15 million budgets. 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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Joanna Rabiger shares Fundraising and Professional Writing for Documentary Films: proposals, crowdsourcing (Indiegogo, Kickstarter, etc). For information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit... more
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John Trigonis, Indiegogo crowdfunding expert shares tips for funding your film online. To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.
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Dissecting Docs will review five incredible documentaries covered by Don Schwartz and Carole Dean ... Above and Beyond, Greedy Lying Bastards, Bottled Life and The Winding Stream. We are honored to have Beth Harrington, as our... more
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Top film attorney discusses benefits and how to work AFM, Cannes, and his $200K grant, plus new financing for films. For more information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit... more
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Dissecting Docs covers the films This Ain't No Mouse Music, Connected, Cowspiracy, as well as Let Them Eat Cake, and Women Behind the Camera, of which we will have the great pleasure of being joined by the filmmaker Alexis... more
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Muso Rep Chris Anderson explains how to protect your online information from piracy, as well as how to market your film. For information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www.FromtheHeartProductions.com.
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