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Festivals Seed&Spark Alumni at the 2021 BronzeLens Film Festival!
Filmmaking Ethical Filmmaking: Tools for Creating Inclusive Film Sets
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Filmmaking Less Monolith, Más Latina
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Filmmaking Creative Confidence: 'First Sparks' (and Rachel Bloom!)
Filmmaking 'Feeling Through' Deserves an Oscar, and Here's Why
Filmmaking Six Questions to Strategize Getting an Agent or Manager
Filmmaking Why the 2021 ScreenCraft Writers Summit is the Answer to Your Screenwriting Slump
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Film Crowdfunding Three Cheers for These Newly Launched Campaigns! Mar 1 - Mar 5
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Filmmaking 7 Tips for Taking the Leap from Short to Feature Films
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Film Crowdfunding Answering Every Single Common Crowdfunding Question
Film Crowdfunding How To Write (And Use) An Outreach Plan
Film Crowdfunding Incorporating Activism and Education Into Your Incentives
Film Crowdfunding Managing Self-Doubt in Crowdfunding And Marketing
Education Finding Creativity Within Constraints with Mark Duplass
Film Crowdfunding Maintaining Momentum During Your Crowdfunding Campaign
Education Emily V. Gordon Wants to Know: What's Keeping You From Writing Today?
Film Crowdfunding How To Raise Over 100% Of Your Crowdfunding Goals
Film Crowdfunding Should you have personal or project-specific social media?
Film Crowdfunding Every Cent I Spent Of My $700 Crowdfunding Goal
Film Crowdfunding The Lowdown on Loans
Education Finished in Four — A 4-Week Screenwriting Challenge with John Ridley
Film Crowdfunding Crowdfunding Events Ideas for Writers
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Film Crowdfunding How To Make Live Events Part of Your Crowdfunding Strategy
Film Crowdfunding How To Interview Your Audience Before Crowdfunding
Festivals 10 Questions Every Filmmaker Should Ask When a Festival Opts to go Online
Education Crack Your Project with Mark Duplass
Education A Step-by-Step Roadmap to the Draw of Comics
Film Crowdfunding How to Use Social Media to Tell Your Campaign's Story
Film Crowdfunding Motivating Your Teammates During Crowdfunding
Taking Action Top 5 Takeaways from Jeff Yang's Family Meal
Seed&Spark Updates Your Mission (Should You Choose to Accept)
Film Crowdfunding Audience Building While Social Media Cleansing
Seed&Spark Updates Introducing the Creative Sustainability Sessions
Film Crowdfunding Writing Great Crowdfunding Emails
Taking Action Storyteller Support in the Age of COVID-19
Film Crowdfunding Drop "donate" from your crowdfunding vocabulary
Film Crowdfunding Can I Crowdfund If My Friends Are Broke?
Film Crowdfunding Building Your Email List for Your Crowdfunding Campaign...and Career
Film Crowdfunding Raising funds for post-production
Film Crowdfunding Audience building with a bit of help from criminal psychology
Film Crowdfunding Crowdfunding for venues and festivals
Film Crowdfunding Telling Your Story With Your Story Section
Film Crowdfunding Where you build, your audience will follow.
Filmmaking How to Be Creative Without Being Productive
Film Crowdfunding Crowdfunding for an Art Residency due to Social Distancing
Film Crowdfunding Coronavirus Crowdfunding Tips
Film Crowdfunding Making a perfect crowdfunding pitch video
Film Crowdfunding Our favorite pitch videos of 2019: Part II
Film Crowdfunding Our favorite pitch videos of 2019: Part I
Film Crowdfunding Aligning Your Incentives With Your Career Level
Film Crowdfunding What's up with updates: How to use them to reach your crowdfunding goal
Seed&Spark Updates 2019 Year in Review
Festivals Filmmakers, Here’s The Top Things Festival Programmers Want You To Know
Festivals 2020 Film Festival Calendar
Film Crowdfunding The Elusive $25 Incentive
Education Education For Every Step Of Your Creative Journey
Distribution What the Joyful Vampire Tour of America Taught us About Independent Film Today
Seed&Spark Updates Growing to help even more creators build sustainable careers
Festivals Seed&Spark films at Outfest 2019
Seed&Spark Updates Growing creator sustainability, community first.
What to Watch Mothers In Film
What to Watch Films in support of Mental Health Awareness Month
Success Stories Seed&Spark Films at Tribeca 2019
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Education Top 10 Takeaways from the ATL Creative Sustainability Summit
Success Stories Seed&Spark films at Cinequest
Success Stories IRS Agent And Vampires Takeover Cinequest Film Festival As Much Anticipated Comedy “Bite Me” Premieres March 9
Seed&Spark Updates 2018 YEAR-IN-REVIEW
Film Crowdfunding 12 Pitch Videos We Loved In 2018
Success Stories Duplass Brothers To Executive Produce Independent Film Selected From Seed&Spark Crowdfunding Rally
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Filmmaking Film production tech tools
Film Crowdfunding A Killer Campaign Timeline
Film Crowdfunding The best pitch videos...of the last 3 months
Film Crowdfunding Setting a responsible crowdfunding goal
What to Watch 18 LGBTQ filmmakers to watch
What to Watch Let's get exclusive this summer!
Film Crowdfunding Tools to Use While Crowdfunding
Film Crowdfunding Best pitch videos of 2018...so far.
Success Stories How One Tweet Led to $62,690 to Make a New Kind of Teen Movie
Filmmaking From Fearing Social Media to Making It My BFF: Growing An Audience for your Show or Film
Taking Action Amanda Knox makes her Case for Optimism
Taking Action Novelist Chris Robinson on cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence and creating for the future
Film Crowdfunding Following a campaign on Seed&Spark
Taking Action Searching's Sev Ohanian makes his case for optimism
Seed&Spark Updates Using Google Analytics for more data on your crowdfunding campaign
Production Taking The Plunge: Tips for Getting the Most from a Self-Financed Film
Taking Action Director Meera Menon talks FernGully, Peter Gabriel and preemptive victory laps
Taking Action Gratitude, self-care and solutions: all part of a #CaseForOptimism
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Film Crowdfunding The Desperation Phase
Festivals 2018 Film Festival Calendar
Film Crowdfunding Our favorite crowdfunding incentives of 2017
Film Crowdfunding Our favorite pitch videos of 2017
Film Crowdfunding New crowdfunding campaigns this week
What to Watch ICYMI: November New Releases
Education How a series creator used social media to build an audience
Film Crowdfunding Hurricanes can't stop this Hometown Hero filmmaker
Film Crowdfunding Meet the filmmakers who earned rewards this quarter
What to Watch ICYMI: October New Releases!
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Film Crowdfunding Meet the #HometownHeroes finalists
Diversity & Inclusion Moving forward after Weinstein: How to build a better culture
What to Watch September new releases
Distribution Getting started advertising your film on Facebook
Taking Action Why It’s Time to Disable Diversity Efforts
Seed&Spark Updates August new releases
Film Crowdfunding Success Story: Cameo Wood on 'Real Artists'
Film Crowdfunding 10 reasons to crowdfund with Seed&Spark
Education #FilmCurious recap: Film as a mirror and a window
Distribution New Voice Rally Winners, TableTalk, Talk Season 1 Premiere
Seed&Spark Updates 1 to Watch, 1 to Fund: Week of August 7, 2017
Film Crowdfunding Partnering with Grant Larson Productions to support female filmmakers
Film Crowdfunding Rewarding inclusive filmmakers: Quarterly perks recipients announced!
Seed&Spark Updates Filmmaker Spotlight: Meena Ramamurthy
Film Crowdfunding 10 incredible incentive ideas for crowdfunding campaigns
Education 6 things we took away from our talk with Mark Duplass
Taking Action 12 representation influencers to follow on social media
Seed&Spark Updates The New Voice Crowdfunding Rally comes to a winning end at SeriesFest
Distribution What to watch: June new releases
Film Crowdfunding 8 Great Inclusion Statements
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Distribution Filmmaker Spotlight: Suzanne Schmidt
Education #FilmCurious 6/20: Intersectionality in Film & Art
Film Crowdfunding Success Story: I Am Thalente and the power of knowing your audience
Film Crowdfunding 5 common crowdfunding myths debunked
Seed&Spark Updates What to watch: May new releases
Film Crowdfunding Great crowdfunding pitch videos
Seed&Spark Updates #UntoldStory Update: Next Steps for Building the American Dream
Seed&Spark Updates What to watch: April new releases
Distribution #FilmCurious 5/23: Navigating Film Distribution (And Surviving)
Film Crowdfunding Rewarding filmmakers who embrace inclusion
Seed&Spark Updates 100 Days and Counting...
Education Diversity with a Capital D
Seed&Spark Updates What to watch: March new releases
Seed&Spark Updates #FilmCurious 4/11/2017: Filmmaking by New Americans
Taking Action Cinema for Justice: A letter from Eric Garner's widow
Seed&Spark Updates #FilmCurious 3/28/2017: Muslim Storytelling in America
Education For Persian New Year, A Real Post about Real Persians
Film Crowdfunding Crowdfunding Activists on Intersectionality and Outreach
Education #FilmCurious 3/14/2017: Family on Film + #100DaysOfDiversity
Film Crowdfunding #InternationalWomensDay: 5 Films to Fund, 5 Films to Watch
Taking Action 3 simple tips to increase gender parity in your films
Seed&Spark Updates Gerry Maravilla: "It's Time We Do Better"
Modern Love: How to Ensure the Project Doesn't Die When Your Relationship Does
Education Getting Your Screenplay Reader-Ready
Education #FilmCurious Recap 2/14/17: Black History. Present. Future.
Seed&Spark Updates Giveaway alert!
Film Crowdfunding Seed&Spark alum "Errata" scores development deal with Fullscreen
Film Crowdfunding Working Towards Sustainability: Why I Keep Crowdfunding & Making Shorts
Education Pulling Others Up By Your Bootstraps: A Guide to Helping Sistahs
Seed&Spark Updates How Will We Be Different After The Women’s March?
Education #FilmCurious Recap 1/31/17: Democracy in Action
Seed&Spark Updates Stats and Articles: Evidence We Need to Make a Change
Distribution #FilmCurious 1/17/17 Recap: Distribution
Production REBEL GIRL
Education The Filmmaker Dashboard: Using data to build your filmmaking career
Production Negotiating The Location Agreement
Education #FilmCurious 1/3/17 Recap: Cinefemme
Festivals 2017 Film Festival Calendar
Seed&Spark Updates We're Stronger Together // #100DaysOfDiversity
Film Crowdfunding #FilmCurious 12/20/16 Recap: End of the Year Party with Emily Best and Erica Anderson
Seed&Spark Updates A Membership That Matters
Film Crowdfunding Optimize Your Campaign's Shareability
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Film Crowdfunding Black and White
Distribution Every Truly Bad Review Has a Silver Lining
Education Disability Representation: #FilmCurious Chat 11/22/16
Festivals How I Learned to Take Film Festival Rejections Less Personally
Seed&Spark Updates Inclusion is Revolution
Education Shadows
Seed&Spark Updates White men who oppose Trump: Make yourselves known
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Seed&Spark Updates A Wicked Problem
Production Pre-Production: Contracts, Contracts, and Contracts
Education How a Simple Mentorship Series is Taking on Sexism in the Film Industry
Production We've got spirit, how 'bout you?
Distribution How to Get PR for Your Independent Film (By Acting Like a Human)
Film Crowdfunding #NewVoiceRally: FINAL WEEK!
Production Sound Wisdom: 5 Sound Mistakes to Avoid, Pt 2
Production Sound Wisdom: 5 Sound Mistakes to Avoid, Pt 1
Education An Education
Film Crowdfunding We Hate to Say We Told You So...
Seed&Spark Updates Lessons from SeriesFest: Crowdfunding is for Introverts, Too
Education Whose Film is This, Anyway?
Film Crowdfunding 10 Harsh (Sometimes Disturbing) Realities of the Indie Lifestyle (Pt 2)
Production 10 Harsh (Sometimes Disturbing) Realities of The Indie Lifestyle (Pt 1)
Seed&Spark Updates Lessons From SeriesFest: Make It Your Way
Development: 6 Ways to Finance Your Film
Development: Tips for Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Film Crowdfunding Setting Yourself Up for Crowdfunding Success
Space Out of Time, part II: An intro to VR philosophy
Space Out of Time, part I: An intro to VR technology
Film Crowdfunding 3 Ways To Turn Your Fundraisers Into Fans
Rock & Roll, Bitches.
Development: Breaking Down the Option Agreement
Here, there, and everywhere.
Film Crowdfunding It's A Nice Day To Start Again
Film Crowdfunding Exploring the Dark Side (of Animation) with Custodian
Giddy up, partner.
Film Crowdfunding Turning a Childhood Dream into a Filmmaking Reality
Film Crowdfunding Magic Pills: Finding the Perfect Incentive By Asking Your Crowd
Will My Mom Like This? AKA Fear Blows
All in.
Make A Big Splash
Reclaiming Narratives
Creative Calls
What Turns an Actor Into a Filmmaker?
We Hit Our Crowdfunding Goal on Day 1: What Now?
You Know You Need a Lawyer When: A Filmmakers Guide to Navigating the Legal Landscape
A Feminist Way to Work?
Using Film To Bring Outsiders In
Hold Onto Your Butts
Innovators' Brunch Panels, Sundance 2016
Puzzle Pieces
Emily Best at Art House Convergence
Moving Forward With Mentors
The Ride of Your Life
Eye of the Beholder
Distribution A Quick Look Back Before We Move Forward
What color is Electric Bleau? Identity & beyond.
Electric Exposition
Indie Line Producing 101 - The Dos, The Don'ts, and the Oh Hell Nos
Production May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor: 8 Tips to Make the Most of Film Festival Submissions
Production Giving Cancer the Middle Finger: Quality Problems in Fundraising
Ten Digital Tips For Filmmakers with Throwing Fruit
Six Tech Tools For Filmmakers
Seed&Spark Updates Caitlin FitzGerald: What is the space you want to make for your artistry?
9 tips to break crowdfunding records.
Seed&Spark Updates How Michelle Kantor’s Cinefemme is Changing the Script for Women Directors
What to Do with Your Data
My Secret Past as the Writer/Producer of an Indie Film That Absolutely, Positively Did Not Get into Film Festivals.
Production 4 tactics for talking to your audience when you run out of things to say
A Collective Vision for Distribution
Production 10 Things A Filmmaker Should Do At A Festival
Towards a Poor Cinema, Part II
Production Baby Got Back (Up): Managing Your Digital Footage Workflow
Distribution Getting into Bed
Production The Big “Crossover” Question: The best way to assess your film’s international appeal
Yelling Fire in an Empty Theater
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A New Empowered Mythology
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Towards a Poor Cinema, Part 1
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Production Top 5 Misunderstandings about Self Distribution
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Festivals Independent Does Not Mean Alone.
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Our New Year's Resolutions!
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We have some questions about Sony Hack
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#StayIndieTour Diaries: 3 Lessons, Many Strong Opinions
Rethinking Indie Film
The Legendary Texas Theatre
Activist Film Journalism and the Vitality of Cinema
The Plight of the Mid-Career Filmmaker
Be Free Where You Are
Blackmagic Stirs the Cauldron
Production The Writer's Objective
The Elusive Filmmaking Entrepreneur
8 Tips to Take Away The Crowdfunding Night Terrors
Tips and Tricks or Things Not to Do: Your Editor is Your Best Friend
Quit Your Bitching and Get to Pitching
From Crowdfunding to Community Building
Rubber-Necker Special: Diary of a Crowdfunder
Adieu, adieu, to you and you and you
Crowdfunding is a Scary Thing
An Introvert’s Guide to Crowdfunding
More Tech Tools for Filmmakers
A New Golden Age of Cinema
What We Talk About When We Talk About Sharing
Be a Social Media Star: 10 Tips for Filmmakers
Crowdfunding from a Distributor's Perspective
"How to Take a Hollywood Meeting" Applies to You, Too
Six Tech Tools to Help Filmmakers Succeed
An Open Letter to the SEC on the JOBS Act Rules
Selling at Sundance
The Print Magazine Impends
The Top 20 (+10) Films of 2013
Raising Awareness, One Vagina at a Time.
We HAVE What We Need to Create
Film Crowdfunding To Win Your Film Audience, Think Like a Content Marketer
Help us choose a poster designer!
Little House in the Big Woods: Flyway Film Festival Keynote Speech
The Best Film of 1964
Sparking a New Film Festival: WestFest Follow Up!
How to Crowdfund When You're Not Zach Braff or Spike Lee: The First Time Filmmakers Guide To A Brave New World
Princess of the 22 Clark Bus and Why I Made The Dreamers
THE IMMEDIACY OF DISTANCE
MILLENNIALS THESE DAYS.
Long Wait for Short Term 12
How to Navigate a Film Festival
The Answer Is in the Questions
Like the Water
SAY YOU KNEW THEM WHEN
FILM IS DEAD. LONG LIVE FILM!
The Hero's Journey with Puppets
When Opportunity Knocks
Making Lemonade Part 1: Filmmaking as Communal Entrepreneurship
Why and When We Pay for Content Online
Filmmakers: It’s like a trust fall into a dark hole. Try it.
I SEND YOU THIS PLAYLIST ...along with some thoughts on audience outreach and the day-and-date release
The Price of Participation
The Pitch Part 2: The Results!
The Pitch
Everybody Needs Music
Metrics of Success #2
How to Start a Film Festival
Mixing Business and Pleasure: Making a movie and staying together
Introducing the Seed & Spark Social Media Handbook
5 Steps to Unlocking The True Value of Your Creative Content
The Art of the Q&A
Our Very First Metrics of Success(es)!
Live from Sundance: The Innovators' Brunch
Amplify the Message: Social Media at Your Festival Debut
Facebook? Twitter? Help! - Social Media Tips&Tricks for Filmmakers
Festival Survival Guide for Filmmakers
Going Viral With Your Crowdfunding Campaign
A Round Up of Bright Ideas 2012
What does independent cinema mean to you?
Welcome to Bright Ideas!
Campaign Like You Mean It: 8 Ways to Crowdfund Hard
Keep it Clean: Chain of Title Documents for Film
Getting the Actors You Want: Navigating SAG-AFTRA
Connecting Audio with Audience: Expert Tips from a Sound Engineer
Ask not "Do I need insurance?" Only: "What kind?"