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Off The Lot is where serious indie filmmakers level up. Hosted by Ken Kabatoff and Anthony Epp, this podcast goes beyond the fluff to deliver real, hard-earned lessons from the frontlines of independent filmmaking.
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Brand Deals, Product Placement & Marketing Your Indie Film (opens the original)
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Making the movie is only half the battle. Once your film is finished, you still have to figure out how to get people to actually see it. And if you're still trying to finance your movie, there may be another source of money most indie filmmakers completely overlook: brands. In this episode of Off The Lot, we look at indie film marketing from both ends of the process. Ken is finishing Remnant and now facing the next challenge: building enough awareness to actually get audiences into theatres. Ant
How To Get Your First Film Made | Filmmaker Q&A (opens the original)
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How do you actually get started as a filmmaker when nobody is giving you money, grants, connections, or permission? In Episode 66 of Off The Lot , Anthony answers questions from emerging filmmakers about what it really takes to start directing, finance your first projects, break into the industry, and eventually build a sustainable career. We cover why grants should be treated as a bonus — not a plan , how to make films with the resources you already have, whether filmmakers still need tradition
How To Budget a $2 Million Indie Film (opens the original)
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What does it actually cost to make a $2 million independent feature? Ken and Anthony break down a hypothetical $2M movie using the Telefilm Canada budget structure and real lessons learned producing Remnant . They go line by line through above-the-line costs, cast, crew, equipment, locations, transportation, post-production, music, financing, tax credits and contingency. They also get into the costs filmmakers often overlook: actor buyouts, crew fringes, overtime, hard drives, trailers, permits,
Nat Boltt — 10 Years To Make Holy Days & The Broken Indie Distribution System (opens the original)
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Writer-director Nat Boltt joins Off The Lot to break down the decade-long journey behind her feature directorial debut, Holy Days . The film stars Judy Davis, Jacki Weaver and Miriam Margolyes, topped the box office in New Zealand, and went on to a global theatrical release — but getting there meant surviving years of development, financing setbacks, international co-production challenges, lost investors and an ambitious 26-day shoot. Nat takes us inside how she landed her cast, navigated fundin
5 Lessons From Making My First Feature Film | Ken Kabatoff | Remnant (opens the original)
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I finally made my first feature film. After years of working in film and television, raising the money, assembling the team, shooting Remnant , going through post-production and now entering distribution, there are things I understand about filmmaking that I simply didn’t before. In this episode of Off The Lot , Anthony walks me through the entire filmmaking process as I break down five of the biggest lessons I learned making my first feature — from getting the movie financed and casting the rig
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