Filmmaker red flags. If you hear a filmmaker say any of these… RUN.

How Hollywood markets films (and how you can too)

Your film is your product. Your audience is your customer. If you don’t market it, it’s just another unsold item on a digital shelf. Change my mind. #IndieFilm #MovieMarketing #FilmmakerLife #Filmmaking #Filmmaker #Cinematography #IndieFilm #ShortFilm #Director #FilmmakersLife #SetLife #IndieFilmmaker #FilmmakingLife #FilmProduction #FilmFestival #IndieFilmmaking #DirectorOfPhotography #FilmmakerCommunity #SupportIndieFilm #NoBudgetFilm

Filmmaking is 80% problem-solving, 20% creativity. Sounds a lot like entrepreneurship, to me. What’s the biggest disaster you’ve had on set?

Your indie film doesn’t have to be a ‘calling card’ for Hollywood. It can be its own profitable business.

The biggest lie filmmakers believe: 'If my film is good, it will find an audience.' Nope. Without marketing, your masterpiece is just a really expensive secret. Prove me wrong in the comments. #FilmmakerLife #FilmFunding #IndieFilmHustle #Filmmaking #Filmmaker #Cinematography #IndieFilm #ShortFilm #Director #FilmmakersLife #SetLife #IndieFilmmaker #FilmmakingLife #FilmProduction #FilmFestival #IndieFilmmaking #DirectorOfPhotography #FilmmakerCommunity #SupportIndieFilm #NoBudgetFilm

In 2013, an Aussie journalist was arrested in Egypt. His story is now a movie
By Hannah Story

After 400 days in prison in Egypt, Peter Greste was released in 2015. He turned the ordeal into a memoir about press freedom, and now a movie, starring Richard Roxburgh.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-15/the-correspondent-movie-richard-roxburgh-peter-greste/105146778

#happybirthday #petercapaldi #actor #director #DoctorWho #TheThickofIt #Paddington #TheSuicideSquad #TheLadykillers #ChristopherRobin #HauntedHogmanay #GlendogieBogey #Benediction #WorldWarZ #TheFifthEstate #DangerousLiaisons #WildCountry #BlackMirror #TheDevilsHour #Torchwood

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Ranking Christopher Landon Films 1-8 (#Link Below)

http://hub.me/apTiu

Filmmakers, drop your film pitch in 1 sentence & I’ll roast it (or hype it) in the replies. Let’s go. Best pitch wins a shoutout!

It was “primarily a #Canadian #film,” Kotcheff said. “It’s based on a Canadian #book written by #DavidMorrell, it had a Canadian #director, we shot it in Hope, B.C., and it had a Canadian crew.” www.thestar.com/entertainmen... #RIP #TedKotcheff

‘A larger than life character’...

Canadian director Ted Kotcheff, known for First Blood and Weekend at Bernie's, dead at 94
Ted Kotcheff, whose six-decade career as film and television director included helming the first installments of two hit movie franchises in the 1980s, has died at age 94.
#film #death #director #News #Entertainment
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ted-kotcheff-dead-1.7508525?cmp=rss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zfZZycor9s

#DemocracyNow

'TheTeacher': #Director #FarahNabulsi and #Actor #SalehBakri on New #film Based in #OccupiedWestBank

#FreePalestineNOW

Advertising-based video on demand (AVOD) has transformed the streaming industry, offering free content to viewers in exchange for ad exposure. #Filmmaking #Filmmaker #Cinematography #IndieFilm #ShortFilm #Director #FilmmakersLife #SetLife #IndieFilmmaker #FilmmakingLife #FilmProduction #FilmFestival

https://garvescope.com/blog/the-growing-demand-for-niche-genre-films-in-avod-streaming/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Your audience doesn’t care what camera you shot on. They care if the film is worth watching.

Film festivals don’t make your movie successful. They make your movie feel successful. There’s a difference.

https://www.europesays.com/1979712/ Ahead of proposed gas rate hikes, Ameren Illinois unveils plans for new technology in Central Illinois #%Increase #Ameren #america #brad #comment #commerce #commission #community #director #gas #hike #house #illinois #kloeppel #leaders #open #Peoria #power #price #rate #science #SENIOR #Services #technology #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA

Product placement is often associated with big-budget Hollywood films, where brands pay millions for a few seconds of screen time. #Filmmaking #Filmmaker #Cinematography #IndieFilm #ShortFilm #Director #FilmmakersLife #SetLife #IndieFilmmaker #FilmmakingLife #FilmProduction #FilmFestival #IndieFilms

https://garvescope.com/blog/the-most-memorable-product-placements-in-indie-film-history/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Want to increase your film’s value? Add closed captions & dubs—Netflix prioritizes films that work in multiple languages.

Hollywood hasn't rejected you. It just doesn't know you exist.