Community spotlight
Learn from those in The Film Fund community.
Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Harley Foos, Jessi Gaston, and Owen Harrington
Harley Foos, Jessi Gaston, and Owen Harrington had their film, Tha Park, received the Post-Production prize from The Film Fund, sponsored by…
Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Elia Urquiza
Elia Urquiza is a filmmaker who has had her project funded by The Film Fund. We asked her some questions about fundraising…
Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Travis Beard
Travis is a filmmaker whose short film about North Korea, which is being funded by The Film Fund, is in pre-production. We…
Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Savanna Hunter-Reeves
Savanna Hunter-Reeves wrote a one-sentence pitch, and our judges selected her entry as a winner, granting her the funds to produce her…
Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Tommy Garcia
Tommy Garcia had his short film project funded by The Film Fund by submitting a one-sentence pitch. We asked Tommy some questions…
Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Colleen Brady
Colleen Brady wrote a one-sentence pitch, and our judges selected her entry as a winner, granting her the funds to produce her…
Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Bridget Barbara
Bridget Barbara has had her work funded by The Film Fund, so we asked her some questions about filmmaking and independent funding….
Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Jonathan Chen
Jonathan Chen is a filmmaker funded by The Film Fund. We asked him some questions about filmmaking, his inspirations, and the world…
Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Nader Yousef
Nader Yousef wrote a one-sentence pitch, and our judges selected his entry as a winner, granting him the funds to create his…
The Film Fund’s Spring 2020 Film Funding Contest Winners
In our last contest, we said we’d be finding ways to award more filmmakers and make more movies happen. Last time, we…
Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Katie Sadler
Katie Sadler is not your typical filmmaker (whatever “typical” means, anyway). She’s also a dancer, and she channels her excitement for and…
Funded Filmmaker Showcase: Matthew Greenberg
If you can’t get to the heart of it within a couple of sentences, then it’s too complicated of a story line,…