Fundraising for Film and Media Projects

This informative panel featured discussion of strategies and resources for financing your film, video, or media project. Learn how to attract grants and donations for your media endeavors.

Panelists:

• Lynette Gryseels, fiscal sponsorship and grants manager, Film Arts Foundation
• Wendy Levy, director of creative programming, Bay Area Video Coalition
• Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker and director, Moxie Institute
• Moderated by Morrie Warshawski, author of Shaking the Money Tree: How to Get Grants and Donations for Films and Television

Listen to the program:

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• Segment 1: Welcome, introduction, and overview of media funding landscape by Morrie Warshawski (18:13, 6MB)
• Segment 2: Overview of Film Arts Foundation and Bay Area Video Coalition's programs and services (12:00, 4MB)
• Segment 3: Comments on attracting funding for her film projects by Tiffany Shlain (8:12, 3MB)
• Segment 4: Further discussion of fundraising strategies including what makes a good proposal (10:39, 4MB)
• Segment 5: Audience questions (43:15, 15MB)

Links referenced in the program:

• International Documentary Association
• Without a Box
• New Day Films
• Women Making Movies
• ITVS
• CinemaTech blog
• Getty Images
• Creative Commons
• Center for Social Media

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