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Ep 05: Demystifying Film Festivals
In Episode 5 of this new podcast - Episode 5 - Producer Marc Clebanoff chats with Colin Geddes, a veteran programmer for one of the world's top film festivals, as well as a veteran programmer for one of the world's top horror streamers. [...]
The New Wave of Micro Budget Film
Check out any of the AVOD streaming platforms and you’ll notice a seemingly endless chain of super-low budget genre films filling the carousels. Many of them look similar to each other, and there are many with seemingly identical concepts. The key art may [...]
The Future of Streaming
As the strikes kick off, putting most of the film and television world on ice, the nature and business of streaming is under a microscope. Streaming has yet to come into its hay day. We enthusiastically embrace streaming in the United States, however, [...]
Ep 04: Bootstrapping Your First Feature Film
In Episode 4 of this new podcast - Episode 4 - Producer and Global Sales Agent Marc Clebanoff chats with actor turned producer, Frank Krueger, about his experience financing and producing his independent feature film, "Darkness Descends" and more. [...]
Ep 03: How to Appeal to Film Distributors and more
In Episode 3 of this new podcast - Episode 3 - Producer and Global Sales Agent Marc Clebanoff talks with Level 33 Owner and veteran distribution professional Andreas Olavarria about domestic distribution strategies including day and date releases, how to best appeal to [...]
Getting the Right Money
Over the years of raising funds I have deciphered that there is a huge difference between getting money versus getting the right money to make movies. Earlier in my career I successfully raised some of the wrong money, and as a sales agent [...]