film financing

Industry Spotlight: Yannick Rudynski, Founder and CEO of Fizz-e-Motion Photo courtesy of Yannick Rudynski / Fizz-e-Motion. Welcome to another edition of FilmPlatforms Industry Spotlight, our ongoing interview series featuring professionals from across the global film industry. In each...

Are Film Markets Becoming More About Networking Than Deals? For decades, international film markets have been where producers, sales agents, distributors, buyers, and investors came together to discover projects, build partnerships, and close deals. Today, many film industry professionals feel...

The Film Industry Reality Project The film industry is full of success stories. Far fewer people talk about what really happened behind the scenes. How long financing actually took. How many deals collapsed. How long payments were delayed. Or what almost brought a project to an end. The...

One thing I've been thinking about lately is that most bad deals in the film industry aren't made because producers don't understand contracts. In many cases, they understand the risks perfectly well. Yet they still sign. Sometimes it's because financing is falling apart. Sometimes it's...

I’m a U.S.-based filmmaker. I’ve already made a few films real projects, real crews, real releases. But right now, financing a new film feels harder than at any point in my career. What’s strange is this should be the easiest time ever. AI is cutting production costs. Smaller crews, faster...

Hollywood’s Glass Ceiling: Who Really Controls the Power? The film industry likes to appear progressive. More women on red carpets. More diversity panels. More carefully worded campaigns. But when you examine the real decision-making structure — directors, cinematographers, executive producers...

Everyone at film markets talks about creativity and vision. But behind closed doors, the real conversations are about budgets, algorithms, and distribution deals. So who really decides which films get made today? Is it the creators with original ideas, the investors who control film financing...