How Do You Actually Pay for Your Documentary?

Join producer Trevite Willis in conversation with filmmaker Anjanette Levert for a candid, practical conversation about the many ways documentary filmmakers finance their work: from self-financing and crowdfunding to film grants, foundation support, individual donors, fiscal sponsorship, investors, and everything in between.

We’ll talk about how filmmakers can think strategically about financing at different stages of a project, what different kinds of funders are looking for, and how to build relationships that can support your film over the long haul.

And yes, we’re tackling the million-dollar question: How do you find, meet, and cultivate people with money who might actually want to support your work?

Bring your questions, your project, and your fundraising dilemmas. This will be an open conversation about the realities and the possibilities of getting your documentary film financed.

When: Sept 24th at 6:30 PM ET

Where: Online; Zoom link given with RSVP

A presentation of Third World Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY.

Questions to workshop@twn.org

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