A Hollywood-based member network that helps independent filmmakers find investors, grants, funds and distributors.

Independent Film Financing has been providing expert advise to producers on global film incentives and administering producers’ claims for US, Canadian and European incentives for over 10 years. IFF has demonstrated remarkable consistency in ensuring that productions not only qualify for the relevant incentives, but also receive the maximum benefit from those incentives.

On line home of Louise Levison, film finance consultant specializing in writing business plans for film and other entertainment-related companies. She is the author of Filmmakers & Financing: Business Plans for Independents (Fifth Edition, December 2006, Focal Press) and publisher/editor of The Film Entrepreneur: A Newsletter for the Independent Filmmaker and Investors. Her recent clients include the makers of The Blair Witch Project, the most profitable independent film in history.

Ostrow and Company has arranged financing and or negotiated distribution for over 125 feature films and numerous documentaries. They are committed to the art of compelling and entertaining storytelling, and relish negotiating the business of film distribution and finance for producers and filmmakers who want to make a difference by delivering films that raise the consciousness of the viewer.

IndieVest is an independent film studio and financier in Los Angeles with a member community of high-net-worth individuals who work together to produce top-tier feature films with guaranteed theatrical distribution.

From the Heart Productions is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to funding films that are “unique and make a contribution to society”. Started in 1992 by Carole Dean with the intent of funding films that otherwise might never be made. Also has several books available for purchase about film financing.

Since 1991, the Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund has reviewed over 3,600 applications and provided $17.9 million to independent Canadian productions, many of which have won awards in Canada and overseas. In 1988, the Department of Communications (now called Canadian Heritage) established a $10 million program to assist the non-theatrical sector of the film and television industry, called the Canadian Non-Theatrical Film and Video Fund. In 1991, the government cancelled the program due to budget cuts, but a strong lobby from the industry persuaded the government to find funds to re-establish the program. As part of its privatization thrust, the decision was made by the government to set up a new, private sector fund that would eventually become self-financing. The Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund was incorporated in August, 1991 as a national, non-profit organization.