Jan
15
January 2025 Live Q&A Call - Replay
7 min read
Daren Smith
Indie Film Producer, Author, Creative Entrepreneur. GP at Producer Fund, Founder of Craftsman Films
Jan
13
What is a Film Waterfall and How Does It Work?
When you release a film, how much of the money is distributed to the filmmakers, and in what order?
That&
5 min read
Dec
16
Three Principles for Film Financing
How to raise money for your independent film projects
5 min read
Dec
09
How To Pitch Your Film Projects
With season 2 of Truly Independent well underway, we're focused on the earliest aspects of the filmmaking process
5 min read
Dec
02
Invest In Indie Film
A Manifesto
2 min read
Nov
26
Make Films, Not Content
Films are crafted, curated, authored, ambitious, daring, boundary pushing, exploratory, emotional, impactful, meaningful, connecting, remarkable, and human.
Content is none
2 min read
Nov
04
How To Spend Your Marketing Budget For The Theatrical Release Of Your Indie Film
We've now released TWO movies in theaters in the last two months, and have spent many (yet still
5 min read
Oct
16
How To Get Massive Outcomes From Indie Films
You’ve financed an indie film. How do you help ensure its success?
The traditional way to make a profit
8 min read
Oct
07
What Does A Producer Do?
One of the many goals I have with this site is to help investors become filmmakers, specifically Executive Producers.
It
4 min read
Sep
23
Who Should Distribute Your Indie Film?
Call me old fashioned, but the point of making films is to watch them in a theater with friends, family,
3 min read