Five reasons for attending film festivals
After a productive and fun Tampere Film Festival last week I wanted to share my tips for having a great film festival experience. 1.) Find inspiration Watching ...
Author: ndorra
Are test screenings feasible for European productions?
Here’s a good article on Variety about how marketing concerns have started to play a bigger role in European productions. The attitudes are changing, even...
Summary of the German animation market
Leading up to the release of my ebook on coproducing with German companies, I wanted to share this look into the German animation distribution market with you. ...
There is a right budget for every film
I’m currently budgeting an animated feature project that has a rediculously low budget when compared to other CGI features. But I’m also sure it is ...
What Richard Branson can teach you about producing
Lately I’ve been thinking about Richard Branson’s way of doing business, and how it relates to the world of animation or film producing. In his 44 y...
My three latest pitching mistakes
Mistakes are a commodity: You usually cannot afford too many and you want to know where they come from. Analysing your mistakes is the best way to learn from th...
Report in the works about coproducing with Germany
I’m working on a free report about German funding sources, coproduction structures and so forth. If you have any questions you’d like to have answer...
How to finance your (short) film part II
This is the second of two posts about how to finance your shortfilm. Although the following information is specific to Finland you will find similar possibiliti...
How to finance your (short) film part I
I often get asked by film makers if I could tell them how to raise money for their shortfilm. In order to save myself from typing the same answers time and agai...
Interview: Punks in social media
Today’s post is an interview with three guys from OASIS Multimedia. I met them at the Interfilm shortfilm festival in Berlin and we had a chat about their...