20 Questions Film » Fundraising http://20questionsfilm.com art is in the questions you ask Sun, 05 May 2019 09:51:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 WATCH: Quick Primer On Tax Incentives For Filmmakers http://20questionsfilm.com/watch-quick-primer-on-tax-incentives-for-filmmakers/ http://20questionsfilm.com/watch-quick-primer-on-tax-incentives-for-filmmakers/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:13:26 +0000 http://20questionsfilm.com/?p=1416 Tax incentives is often what keeps the lights on during production. At the very least they play an important part in securing shooting locations within your budget. So if you can’t live without ‘em, you better embrace ‘em. Here’s a quick primer from producer Heika Burnison.

 

There is much more to learn about tax incentives than we could possibly begin to present here, so let this instead be a word of encouragement that it’s not an impossible process to go through and that there are lots of people and resources that can help you navigate the world of numbers and codes and deadlines.

One such resource is, as mentioned in the video above, Entertainment Partners. Go explore.

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We’d like to introduce you – as part of our ‘Do You know?’ series – to The Bureau of Creative Works.

 

 

Created by Erica Hampton and Mike Ambs, The Bureau is a film collective with the valiant goal of bridging a gap between audience and filmmaker by getting the audience involved in the process at the earliest possible stage – assuming responsibility, but also taking credit. According to their mission statement, the idea materialized after realizing how ‘more and more digital media outlets are pushing to acquire short-films in exchange for only credit and recognition’ – a promise of legitimization through association, leaving filmmakers in an increasingly difficult and unsustainable situation.

The Bureau is set up to function is a year-long film grant supporting 12 filmmakers each year with funds for producing original short films, backed by the very audience the short films are made for. A kickstarter campaign is currently raising the funds for the first year of films – 10 of which has already been selected, leaving two spots open for you to apply for.

Please visit The Bureau of Creative Works for more info on this great project – and, if you can, please support the campaign on kickstarter.

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