The Art of Film Funding

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. 

Send us Fan Mail Jonathon Smith shares his journey using Largo AI reports as back up for his investor pitch.  He shares the essentials for funding, creating your pitch and your deck.  He also explains how an AI program helped him with marketing and funding his film.  He was able to pitch his film in the Largo AI event at NAB.For more information about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions ple...

Send us Fan Mail Wolf's inquiring mind has delved into the relationship between human consciousness, psychology, physiology, the mystical, and the spiritual. His investigations have taken him from intimate discussions with physicist David Bohm to the magical and mysterious jungles of Peru, from a significant meeting with Werner Heisenberg to the hot coals of a firewalk. For more info about Ca...

Send us Fan Mail Empowering Women in Film: Laura & Film Fatales. To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions visit www. FromtheHeartProductions.com.

Send us Fan Mail Our special guest today, award winning filmmakers Camilla Hall, will discuss her documentary, Subject, which premiered at Tribeca in 2022. The film explores the life-altering experience of sharing one’s life on screen through the participants of five acclaimed documentaries and ponders the ethics and responsibility inherent in documentary filmmaking. Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla...

Send us Fan Mail Learn how to use films to inform and engage communities to take on critical issues. To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www. FromtheHeartProductions.com. 

Send us Fan Mail Sharing Intergenerational stories of connection. For more info about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www. FromtheHeartProductions.com. 

Send us Fan Mail Corky shares information on Tax incentive 181 and 168. To learn more about Caroel Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www. FromtheHeartProductions.com.

Send us Fan Mail Marah Strauch is a director, producer, and writer of documentary films, unscripted TV, branded content, and commercials. Her films have screened at TIFF, Hot Docs, Tribeca, and many other festivals worldwide. Her debut documentary feature, Sunshine Superman, provides a breathtaking tribute to Carl Boenish, the creator of BASE jumping. The New York Times hailed it as a "master...

Send us Fan Mail Gary Hankins, author of The Power of the Pitch shares an outline of how to pitch your film. To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www. FromtheHeartProductions.com. 

Send us Fan Mail Join us as our guest Hugh Rogovy discusses the Rogovy Foundation and how they contribute to education & environmental films. To learn more about Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions please visit www. FromtheHeartProductions.com.