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My 90's Rockumentary Project

By Maria Esteves – June 18, 2015 My 90's a feature rockumentary by award winning filmmaker Wolfgang Busch takes you on a musical journey through the history of live rock music scene in New York City venues (Limelight, Cat Club, CBGB's, China Club, Danceteria) during the 1990's. It captures live performances by Phoebe Legere, Skin & Bones, Gods Child, Jon Dunmore, Larry Mitchell, Shoot The Doctor, Darryl Hell, Michael T and interviews with music industry specialist Jordyn T...

Best Short Film Competition - EVER!

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Best short film competition - EVER!! The winning filmmaker wins up to $25,000 to shoot one of the top 10 scripts. Winning writer receives up to $10,000 for their short script! Writers judge filmmakers and filmmakers judge writers. It’s that simple! We fund you to collaborate. The writers review films and decide the best filmmaker. The filmmakers read scripts and decide the top 10 scripts. The winning filmmaker selects one of the top 10 scripts to shoot and we fund the production. The sc...

Let the Community Decide who to fund! We Fund you to Collaborate!

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Writers judge filmmakers and filmmakers judge writers. It’s that simple! We fund you to collaborate. The writers review films and decide the best filmmaker. The filmmakers read scripts and decide the top 10 scripts. The winning filmmaker selects one of the top 10 scripts to shoot and we fund the production with the entry fees. The screenwriter gets paid and their script made. The filmmaker gets funded to shoot the script. Imagine a community that reviews your work,, provides you with abu...

10 Ways to Make Distributors Totally Hate Your Guts - by Elliott Grove

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We thought this was interesting! So we are sharing!     10 Ways to Make Distributors Totally Hate Your Guts by Elliot Grove   Here are 10 ways to really annoy distributors.   1) Make it nearly impossible for a distributor to see your film Let’s say a potential film buyer misses the one and only screening of&nbs...

Let the community decide who to fund!

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We are an online competition that funds writers and filmmakers, both short and long format.   We are unique, in that we ask writers to judge filmmakers and filmmakers to judge writers.   The  winning filmmaker, as chosen by the screenwriters, chooses one of the top 10 scripts to buy and shoot, and we fund it with the entry fees.   ...

WHo Funds short films?

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Receive funding by judging scripts and having your film judged by writers. Pls share. www.writersandfilmmakers.com     ...

THE END OF FACEBOOK. Ever thought of paying facebook to 'boost' or promote your film and get more likes? THINK AGAIN!

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Watch this crazy video and learn how FB is deliberately diluting your fb likes with fake people to reduce your organic reach, even if you pay to 'boost' your likes/fan page. Crazy! http://www.booooooom.com/2014/02/25/end-facebook/ ...

THE END OF FACEBOOK. Ever thought of paying facebook to 'boost' or promote your film and get more likes? THINK AGAIN!

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Watch this crazy video and learn how FB is deliberately diluting your fb likes with fake people to reduce your organic reach, even if you pay to 'boost' your likes/fan page. Crazy! http://www.booooooom.com/2014/02/25/end-facebook/ ...

ATTENTION FILMMAKERS - WHO NEEDS A DISTRIBUTOR? CHECK OUT THESE DIY DISTRIBUTION MODELS

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Writers judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge scripts. Winning filmmaker shoots 1 of the top 10 script.

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Writers judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge scripts. Winning filmmaker shoots 1 of the top 10 script.    writersandfilmmakers.com ...

Why are you crowdfunding???

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Get up to $50,000 for you next film by judging scripts. There is a new funding model that builds a community, improves your work through feedback, and, if you are good enough will fund your next film up to $50,000. Writers judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge scripts. Winning filmmaker shoots one of the top 10 scripts. We fund it with the entry fees. Writers want the best filmmaker because they want them to shoot their script if it wins. Filmmakers want the best scripts, because the...

Funding, funding, funding.

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As screenwriters, we wanted our scripts bought and made. But, we don't know any producers, so you stop writing and start directing and producing your own films. Of course, the problem is always funding. You need a lot of money to shoot a short, let alone a feature. Well, we also had a problem with the idea of a select few judges deciding if you are going to make it 'in' to a festival. So we decided to make a festival where the community decides what is good and what to fund! It...

Writers judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge writers!

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We Fund Writers and Filmmakers!   Writers judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge writers! Winning writer gets their script made by the winning filmmaker! The writer gets their script made and they get paid. The filmmaker gets funded to shoot it!   Very limited entries and everyone gets lots of coverage of their work!   The winning filmmaker wins up to $50,000 (Feature) or $25,000 (Short) to shoot one of the top 10 scripts. Winning writer receives up to $20,000 (Feature) or $1...

Fund your next film through peer evaluation! We solve the problem of funding and finding a great script!

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We Fund Writers and Filmmakers! Writers judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge writers! Winning writer gets their script made by the winning filmmaker! The writer gets their script made and they get paid. The filmmaker gets funded to shoot it!   Very limited entries and everyone gets lots of coverage of their work!   The winning filmmaker wins $50,000 (Feature) or $25,000 (Short) to shoot one of the top 10 scripts. Winning writer receives $20,000 (Feature) or $10,000 (Short) for th...

Whats the best Indie film Magazine?!

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Are there any film magazines that you subscribe too? Are they worth their cover prices?   ASC? Gurilla FIlmmaker magazine? Screenwriter? MovieMaker? Slate?     ...

Let us help fund your next Film!

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We Fund Writers and Filmmakers! Writers  judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge writers! Winning writer gets their script made by the winning filmmaker! The writer gets their script made and they get paid. The filmmaker gets funded to shoot it! Very limited entries and everyone gets lots of coverage of their work!   The winning filmmaker wins $50,000 (Feature) or $25,000 (Short) to shoot one of the top 10 scripts. WInning writer receives $20,000 (Feature) or $10,000 (Short) for thei...

Fund your next shortfilm through peer evaluation! We solve the problem of funding and finding a great script!

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Fund your next shortfilm through peer evaluation! We solve the problem of funding and finding a great script!   Writers  judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge writers! Winning writer gets their script made by the winning filmmaker! The writer gets their script made and they get paid. The filmmaker gets funded to shoot it! Very limited entries and everyone gets lots of coverage of their work! The winning filmmaker wins $50,000 (Feature) or $25,000 (Short) to shoot one of the top 10 ...

Winning Filmmaker Receives $50,000! Launch Your career!

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Get your next project funded!  Peer based judging to determine who wins the funding.  We launch soon!   ...

Short Film Funding is HARD!

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Short film funding is hard! Not any longer! Writers and Filmmakers uses a peer based funding model! Check us out! We Fund Writers and Filmmakers! Writers judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge writers! Winning writer gets their script made by the winning filmmaker! The writer gets their script made and they get paid. The filmmaker gets funded to shoot it! Very limited entries and everyone gets lots of coverage of their work!   The winning filmmaker wins $50,000 (Feature) or $25,000 (Sh...

Who is Funding Shorts?

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WRITERS AND FILMMAKERS.COM - THAT'S WHO! We Fund Writers and Filmmakers! Writers judge filmmakers, filmmakers judge writers! Winning writer gets their script made by the winning filmmaker! The writer gets their script made and they get paid. The filmmaker gets funded to shoot it! Limited entries and everyone gets coverage of their work! The winning filmmaker wins $50,000 (Feature) or $25,000 (Short) to shoot one of the top 10 scripts. WInning writer receives $20,000 (Feature) or $10,00...

New platform for filmmakers: yooook.net

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