With You Resemble Me currently playing at the Angelika Film Center, Filmmaker presents two guest posts about the film’s self-distribution, one by the film’s writer and director, Dina Amer, and, below, one by producer Elizabeth Woodward. After a beautiful premiere in Venice, 30 festival awards from over 70 festivals around the world, our special film You … Continue reading “You Resemble Me”

Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz founded Troma Entertainment in 1974 as an independent film production and distribution company. Located in Los Angeles, the company specializes in producing low-budget independent films, largely horror-comedies. They often combine farce, parody, gore and splatter with elements of 1950s horror.   Many of the company’s films were released on YouTube … Continue reading “Divisive Director’s Final Swan Song – Lloyd Kaufman”

Gloria Stella took her small budget Indie, Tulsa, into hundreds of Regal theaters and hundreds more independently owned theaters all across the country. She did it with no real funding and no experience. Armed with the internet, email, the phone and the personal networks of everyone that worked on the film, she secured a US … Continue reading “Tulsa”

Martha’s Vineyard, MA (December 10, 2021) – CASE STUDY: Somewhere with No Bridges   • Title: Somewhere with No Bridges • Genre: Documentary • Writers: Charles Frank and Nico Bovat • Director: Charles Frank • Producers: Charles Frank, Andrew Hutcheson and Jeff Melanson • Cinematographer: Jeff Melanson   Development and Financing Production on Somewhere with … Continue reading “Somewhere with No Bridges”

Busman’s Holiday is a great VOD feature for Pandemic Times   Los Angeles, CA (October 10, 2021) – Bunker 15 helps take Busman’s Holiday’s publicity worldwide.   Bunker 15 Films and filmmaker Austin Smithard came together to boost the outreach of “Busman’s Holiday.”   Austin, a student of Speilberg, takes the viewer on a globe-trotting … Continue reading “Busman’s Holiday”

The Film • Genre: Crime / Thriller • Writers / Director / Producer: Marcus Mizelle • Executive Producers: Jillian Longnecker, Paula Marcus, Dustin Taylor • Budget: Micro Budget - $6,800 • World premiere: Contine reading"Inventive indie thriller doesn’t go below the radar"

Our film Family Obligations tells the story of an isolated man learning to engage in meaningful relationships for the first time in his life. It wears its heart on its sleeve as a comedy-drama with no recognizable names in its cast and a minimal crew. Contine reading"What Matters (and What Doesn’t) with Your Microbudget Feature"

Eric Schultz is a New York based filmmaker and the founder of Relic Pictures. He is an Independent Spirit and Gotham Award-nominated producer and was named one of Variety’s 10 Producers to Watch in 2016. Eric has served as producer or executive producer Contine reading"Minor Premise, Sci-Fi Indie hit has success with Bunker 15"

[Los Angeles, CA - March 19, 2021] Bunker 15 Films joined forces with Capp Bros to help market their chef documentary “The Ring Master” which is available to watch on Amazon Prime and iTunes.   When Zachary Capp (writer) connected with Contine reading"Bunker 15 masterfully boosts The Ringmaster’s marketing"

This book is about the practical realities of the film market today and how to make a film while minimizing financial risk. Film is a risky investment and securing that investment is a huge challenge. The best way to get investors is to do everything Contine reading"Book Info Page ‘Making Movies Without Losing Money’"