Film Producer | Pointers - François Evans

	Country	National Film Agency	Organisation
1.	Albania	http://www.nationalfilmcenter.gov.al/	Albanian Center of Cinematography
2.	Austria	http://www.austrianfilms.com/	AFC - Austrian Films
3.	Belgium	http://www.flandersimage.com/	Flanders Image
4.	Belgium	http://www.wbimages.be/	Wallonie Bruxelles Images
5.	Bosnia & Herzegovina	http://www.bhfilm.ba/	Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.	Bulgaria	http://www.nfc.bg/	Bulgarian National Film Center
7.	Croatia	http://www.havc.hr/	Croatian Audiovisual Centre
8.	Cyprus	http://www.filmingincyprus.gov.cy/	Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus
9.	Czech Republic	http://www.filmcenter.cz/	Czech Film Center Danish Film Institute
10.	Estonia	http://www.filmi.ee/	Estonian Film Institute
11.	Finland	http://www.ses.fi/	Finnish Film Foundation
12.	France	http://www.unifrance.org/	UniFrance
13.	Georgia	http://www.gnfc.ge/eng	Georgian National Film Center
14.	Germany	http://www.german-films.de/	German Films
15.	Greece	http://www.gfc.gr/	Greek Film Centre
16.	Hungary	http://www.filmalap.hu/	National Film Institute Hungary
17.	Iceland	http://www.icelandicfilmcentre.is/	Icelandic Film Centre
18.	Ireland	http://www.screenireland.ie/	Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann
19.	Italy	http://www.filmitalia.org/	Istituto Luce Cinecittà (Italy)
20.	Kosovo	http://www.qkk-rks.com/	Kosovo Cinematography Center
21.	Latvia	http://www.nkc.gov.lv/	National Film Centre of Latvia
22.	Lithuania	http://www.lkc.lt/en	Lithuanian Film Centre
23.	Luxembourg	http://www.filmfund.lu/	Film Fund Luxembourg
24.	Macedonia	http://www.filmagency.gov.mk/	North Macedonia Film Agency
25.	Montenegro	http://www.fccg.me/	Film Centre of Montenegro
26.	Netherlands	http://international.eyefilm.nl/	SEE NL (The Netherlands)
27.	Norway	http://www.nfi.no/	Norwegian Film Institute
28.	Poland	http://www.pisf.pl/	Polish Film Institute
29.	Portugal	http://www.ica-ip.pt/	Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual I.P. / ICA (Portugal)
30.	Romania	http://www.romfilmdevelopment.org/	Romanian Film Development
31.	Serbia	http://www.fcs.rs/	Film Center Serbia
32.	Slovakia	http://www.sfu.sk/	Slovak Film Institute
33.	Slovenia	http://www.film-center.si/	Slovenian Film Centre
34.	Spain	http://www.icaa.es/	Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales / ICAA (Spain)
35.	Sweden	http://www.sfi.se/	Swedish Film Institute
36.	Switzerland	http://www.swissfilms.ch/	Swiss Films
37.	United Kingdom	http://www.britishcouncil.org/film	British Council

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International Film Grants

UK Tax Relief

Crowd Funding

Film Crowdfunding Sites:

- Crowdfunder (UK)
- Funrazr (Canada)
- GoFundMe
- Indiegogo
- Kickstarter
- Pozible (Audtralia)
- Seed & Spark
- Slated

If you’ve an established audience, offset platform fees by considering a self-hosted campaign.

Film Crowdfunding How-to:

The film is marketed before it’s made. To crowd-fund, you must first have the crowd. Audience-build throughout your career. Find the strangers and tell them where you are. You have to have a relationship with your audience that matters. Let your fans school you on crowdfunding. The crowd is going to make you a more attentive, empathic artist. Remember that your audience is at least as smart as you think you are! Show, don’t tell. Have a 90-second pitch video that resonates with your crowd. Do NOT ask for help with a donation. Ask them to join what you are offering with a contribution, because, together, you are making something relevant. That tone has to permeate everything in your crowdfunding campaign. Show the project, not the makers. E.g. dramatic scene from film; then demonstrate what your cinematographer is capable of; then could show collation of things your actors have been in. Demonstrate that you are capable of making the thing you are promising. Use a preview of your crowdfunding campaign to get feedback from your audience, before you launch it.

1. Who is your audience? (There will be different demographics including a core group.)
2. Where do they hang out?
3. How do they like to be spoken to? ⇒
4. How do you reach them?
5. Dedicate yourself actively to engaging your audience (hard work & patience).

Investors

Must be able to prove viable scope for profit, via you having access to the audience that wants to see your film. Ensure they make their money back with profit, so that they invest in your next film. Investors invest for personal interest + profit.

Software

Storyboarding

ThinkCrew

Tools

StudioBinder
Producer Pages

Books

ABUSHWESHA, Farah:
A Guide to Low Budget Filmmaking
(Creative Essentials, 2019)

AUSTEN, Sue:
Producing for Film & Television
(The Crowood Press, 2019)

CLEVE, Bastian:
Film Production Management
(Routledge, 2017)

ERICKSON, Gunnar:
The Independent Film Producer’s Survival Guide
(Schirmer, 2011)

FOLLOWS, Stephen:
Crowd Funding for Film Makers
(Creative Essentials, 2018)

GROVE, Elliot:
Raindance Producers’ Lab. Lo-to-no Budget Filmmaking
(Focal Press, 2013)

HARMON, Renée:
Film Producing Low Budget Films That Sell
(Samuel French, 1988) – Dated but still useful

HONTHANER, Eve:
The Complete Film Production Handbook
(Elsevier /Focal Press, 2010)

LEE, John:
The Producer’s Business Handbook
(Routledge, 2017)

LYONS, Sarah:
Indie Film Producing
(Routledge, 2012)

PATZ, Deborah:
Film Production Management 101
(Michael Wiese Productions, 2011)

RINZLER, J. W.:
Howard Kazanjian: A Producer’s Life
(Cameron Books, 2021)

RYAN, Maureen:
Producer to Producer: A Step-by-Step Guide to Low-budget Independent Film Producing
(Michael Wiese Productions, 2017)

RUSSO, John & VINCENT, Gary:
How to Make Exciting Money-Making Movies
(Burning Bulb Publishing, 2015)

STRADLING, Linda:
Production Management for TV & Film
(Methuen Drama, 2010)

TRIGONIS, John:
Crowdfunding for Filmmakers: The Way to a Successful Film Campaign
(Michael Wiese Productions, 2016)

TURMAN, Lawrence:
So You Want to Be a Producer
(Methuen, 2006)

VACHON, Christine & BUNN, Austin:
A Killer Life: How an Independent Film Producer Survives Deals & Disasters in Hollywood & Beyond
(Limelight Editions, 2007)