The Art of Film Funding

Send us Fan Mail Christie Marchese is the founder and CEO of Kinema. Kinema revolutionizes how films are distributed, opening new opportunities for filmmakers and studios to reach their audiences and maximizing revenue through screening tours, virtual events, and TVOD.Christie has won several industry recognitions, including being named one of Fortune’s Rising Female Founders in 2023 and Fast Comp...

Send us Fan Mail Jonathon M. Smith, is an actor/writer/producer who has been involved in the film industry for over 15 years Recently he produced, starred, and wrote an independent feature that is part of the Amazon Prime catalog called "Broken City."At this time, Jonathon is currently producing and starring in a vertical series called "Collapse of America." He hopes to discove...

Send us Fan Mail The information that Largo provides is an invaluable tool for pitching your film to investors and distributors, hiring crew, and making casting decisions. A recent case study found that having a Largo report can improve salability of a project by up to 300%. We believe that major streaming platforms are increasingly prioritizing projects that have strong analysis based financial f...

Send us Fan Mail Brynn Lucas is an award-winning producer with extensive expertise in post-production supervision, delivery, electronic press kit (EPK), and feature film development and production. She has led numerous successful projects to completion, leveraging her deep knowledge in music videos, film production, and documentaries. Her client list includes Independent Filmmakers, Studios such a...

Send us Fan Mail Our special guest today is Sarah Moshman, an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and TEDx speaker whose work has been featured on Netflix, PBS, Upworthy, Marie Claire, CNN, and Good Morning America. Sarah has directed and produced 3 feature-length documentaries: The Empowerment Project: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things, Losing Sight of Shore, and Nevertheless. She ha...

Send us Fan Mail Meet filmmaker Gillian Greenfeld who holds a BA in anthropology from the University of British Columbia and an MFA in documentary from Ryerson University.  Currently, she is just finishing up co-directing "Phoolan," a feature documentary on the life of Phoolan Devi, India’s celebrated feminist “Bandit Queen.” The film is now in post-production and set to be released in t...

Send us Fan Mail Fred Siegel is an indie film, tax, and business consultant and founder of Fred Siegel, CPA (1997, NYC), a premium, boutique consulting/CPA firm specializing in key tax and business issues for producers and dealing with the business of film, from development through distribution.  Primary practice areas are Consulting, Financing, Deal Structures, Film Tax Credits, Taxation, Account...

Send us Fan Mail In his nearly 35 years in the media, Tony has repped luminaries such as Stan Lee and William Shatner, written speeches for Bill Gates and various CEOs/public figures and worked on high profile national PR campaigns. He has produced documentaries, such as Marvel Then and Now: An Evening with Stan Lee and worked on numerous not-for-profit campaigns for The Hero Initiative and Consen...

Send us Fan Mail Director So Yun Um, discusses her Sundance supported documentary, Liquor Store Dreams. The film is about two Korean American children of liquor store owners reconciling their dreams with those of their immigrant parents, against the backdrop of struggles for racial equity in Los Angeles.

Send us Fan Mail Helen Hall’s music has been performed and broadcast internationally, in festivals such as New York’s Bang on a Can, the Subtropic Music Festival in Florida, and in prestigious venues such as Merkin Concert Hall in New York. Her writing and research has been published by Leonardo Magazine (MIT Press), and her music is published by Da Vinci Edition (Japan).She is currently in produc...

Send us Fan Mail Our special guest today is director and producer Nancy Svendsen. A passionate storyteller since her childhood in rural Iowa, Nancy recently turned from the healthcare field to filmmaking. Her first feature documentary, "Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest," tells the story of the indigenous trailblazer Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, who battled racism, gender discrimination, and poli...

Send us Fan Mail Filmmaker and Author Rona Edwards, shares tips from her book, The Complete Filmmaker’s Guide to Film Festivals: Your All Access Pass to Launching Your Film on the Festival Circuit, soon to be in its 2nd edition.

Send us Fan Mail Breaking Boundaries: Diversity and Humor in Television with Hollis Rich. To contact Hollis send your email to hollisrichwrite@gmail.com. To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www. FromtheHeartProductions.com.

Send us Fan Mail Our guest, Rachel Elizabeth Seed, is a DIRECTOR/PRODUCERoriginally from London, and is a Los Angeles and Brooklyn-based nonfiction storyteller working in film, photography and writing. Join us as Rachel talks about her feature documentary Photographic Memory. She says this about the film ... "After a decade+ of shooting, editing, and producing, my debut feature documentary A...

Send us Fan Mail For years, Steve Kaplan has been one of the industry's most respected and sought-after experts on comedy. His first book, The Hidden Tools of Comedy is a best-seller in its field, and his second book, The Comic Hero's Journey: Serious Story Structure for Fabulously Funny Films was recently released in an audio version. In addition to having taught at UCLA, NYU, Yale and...

Send us Fan Mail Join us as Christie Marchese shares about how Kinema helps audiences discover & watch great films in creative places, and in community with others. Kinema provides an operating system for filmmakers to manage their screening tours, and developing partnerships with mixed-use spaces in real life and community leaders & influencers online - all to reach audiences everywhere. ...

Send us Fan Mail Introducing Mark Mori: Renowned Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker and Emmy Award-winning TV producer, Mark Mori is at the forefront of social justice storytelling. As the former chair of the Non-Fiction and Documentary Committee of the Producers Guild of America, East, and a seasoned union activist, Mark has consistently used his lens to capture powerful narratives. Cu...

Send us Fan Mail Chris White: Exploring the Rich Legacy of American DocumentaryTo learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www. FromtheHeartProductions.com. 

Send us Fan Mail Kelly Galindo has a passion for filmmaking and she has done some extraordinary work.  She has been in war torn countries documenting sex trafficking with the help of service men to protect her.  She has used some wonderful new ways of marketing her film.  She is making shorts and a feature and a multi-part series on sex trafficking.  Learn how to expand your film and use current f...

Send us Fan Mail Our special guests today are Sara Newens and Mina T. Son. Sara is an award-winning filmmaker and editor who received Primetime Emmy nominations for her work on Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields and Allen v. Farrow. She also served as editor and writer for On the Record. Mina is a Korean American filmmaker who is currently in post-production on a documentary about Japan's 2011 tsuna...

Send us Fan Mail Learn the benefits of working with the Film Festival Doctor.  Dr. Rebekah Smith will tell us how she finds good fits for films and has a high acceptance rate for the filmmakers. In both domestic and foreign festivals. To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions visit www. FromtheHeartProductions.com.

Send us Fan Mail Ben Steinbauer and Joe Pickett discuss their documentary, Chop & Steele.  Ben Steinbauer directed the film, which premiered at Tribeca. Joe Pickett is featured in Chop & Steele, along fellow comedian, Nick Prueher. Joe and Nick pranked morning TV news shows by posing as part of a fake strongman duo. One appearance resulted in a federal lawsuit that Fast Company magazine ca...

Send us Fan Mail Join Jenny Waldo as she teaches us how she successfully made her first feature and got it distributed.  She shares some great ideas she learned and pitfalls to watch out for.  She also became an expert at crowdfunding and now mentors other filmmakers on how to crowdfund your film. For more info about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www. FromtheHeartProducti...

Send us Fan Mail Join Karen Everett from New Doc Editing who shares her 30 years of experience in editing.  She explains how to solve a multitude of common editorial problems and discusses her accelerated documentary editing at an excellent price.  Carole & Karen discuss our challenges with AI coming into the film industry like a freight train. How do we survive and thrive? To learn more about...

Send us Fan Mail Join Trudi Angell for insights in making money on documentaries. For more information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit FromtheHeartProductions.com.