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Rise of the Filmtrepreneur: The Entrepreneurial Filmmaking Podcast with Alex Ferrari

Rise of the Filmtrepreneur: A Entrepreneurial Filmmaking Podcast shows you how to turn your filmmaking into a viable business. We do a deep dive into marketing, branding, growth hacking, micro-budget ... Read more

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FT 031: How to Self Distribute Your Niche Indie Film with Brad Olsen

FT 031: How to Self Distribute Your Niche Indie Film with Brad Olsen

Today's guest is filmmaker Brad Olsen, director of the documentary Off the Tracks. We discuss his misadventure in distri... Read more

13 Jan 2020

57mins

Ranked #2

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FT 022: The Power of Niche Audiences with Paola di Florio & Peter Rader

FT 022: The Power of Niche Audiences with Paola di Florio & Peter Rader

Today’s guests are Oscar® Nominated writer/director Paola di Florio & and producer Peter Rader. They worked on one o... Read more

18 Nov 2019

1hr 9mins

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FT 028: How to Shoot a Feature Film in 24 Hours with Ivan Malekin

FT 028: How to Shoot a Feature Film in 24 Hours with Ivan Malekin

Imagine shooting an entire feature film in 24 hours. How could you do something like that and not make it a bad stage pl... Read more

30 Dec 2019

29mins

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BONUS EPISODE: Hybrid Distribution & Selling Your Indie Film with Peter Broderick

BONUS EPISODE: Hybrid Distribution & Selling Your Indie Film with Peter Broderick

What is "Hybrid Distribution?" Hybrid distribution is the state-of-the-art model more and more filmmakers are using to s... Read more

25 Oct 2019

1hr 43mins

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FT 023: The New Film Economy - Why Your Indie Film Isn't Worth What You Think It Is

FT 023: The New Film Economy - Why Your Indie Film Isn't Worth What You Think It Is

Today's episode is a big one guys. You need to brace yourself. The film economy is going through a major shift. It is as... Read more

26 Nov 2019

38mins

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FT 009: The Art of the $6000 Feature Film with Joshua Caldwell

FT 009: The Art of the $6000 Feature Film with Joshua Caldwell

I had the pleasure of meeting Joshua Caldwell, a brother in “indie filmmaking” arms. He directed a $6000 feature film ca... Read more

12 Aug 2019

1hr 35mins

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FT 013: How to Make $500,000 Selling a No-Budget DSLR Indie Film with Michael Polish

FT 013: How to Make $500,000 Selling a No-Budget DSLR Indie Film with Michael Polish

I'm always looking for indie filmmaking models to study. I like to analyze how other filmmakers make successful indie fi... Read more

9 Sep 2019

1hr 35mins

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FT 026: How a 17 yr old Shot & Sold her 1st Feature on Super 16mm Film

FT 026: How a 17 yr old Shot & Sold her 1st Feature on Super 16mm Film

Every once in awhile, I get sent a story that blows my mind. The story is a 17-year-old 1st-time director shoot and sell... Read more

16 Dec 2019

57mins

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FT 003: Making $3 Million in Sales on Amazon & iTunes with Nick Palmisciano

FT 003: Making $3 Million in Sales on Amazon & iTunes with Nick Palmisciano

We all hear that self-distribution is the future for indie filmmakers. Build an audience and make a film for that audien... Read more

10 Jul 2019

1hr 14mins

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FT 018: How to Make Massive Money with YouTube with Christopher Sharpe

FT 018: How to Make Massive Money with YouTube with Christopher Sharpe

Today's guest is a bonafide Youtube Guru. Christopher Sharpe has not only created one but two massive Youtube Channels. ... Read more

21 Oct 2019

59mins

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FT 020: Top 5 Film Festival SCAMS Filmmakers Need to Be Aware Of!

FT 020: Top 5 Film Festival SCAMS Filmmakers Need to Be Aware Of!

I've been at a fair share of film festivals in my life and I've submitted to many more than I've been accepted to. With ... Read more

4 Nov 2019

17mins

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FT 036: No Film School Needed - Direct & Sell Six Features in Two Years with Elizabeth Blake-Thomas

FT 036: No Film School Needed - Direct & Sell Six Features in Two Years with Elizabeth Blake-Thomas

I have an inspirational treat for you today. On the show, we have writer/producer/director Elizabeth Blake-Thomas. She h... Read more

17 Feb 2020

42mins

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FT 016: No Budget Filmmaking with Mark Stolaroff

FT 016: No Budget Filmmaking with Mark Stolaroff

I've been trying to get today's guest on the show for months. Mark Stolaroffis a No-Budget Filmmaking maestro. Here's a ... Read more

7 Oct 2019

1hr 19mins

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FT 002: Wakaliwood - Building a Film Industry on $200 Budget Films with Isaac Nabwana

FT 002: Wakaliwood - Building a Film Industry on $200 Budget Films with Isaac Nabwana

Imagine you were back in the early 1900s when the film industry was a newborn. People were learning and experimenting wi... Read more

10 Jul 2019

56mins

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FT 011: How to Become a Filmtrepreneur (Hollyshorts! Workshop)

FT 011: How to Become a Filmtrepreneur (Hollyshorts! Workshop)

As promised on today's episode I bring you the Filmtrepreneur Workshop I conducted at the 2019 HollyShorts! Film Festiva... Read more

26 Aug 2019

1hr 12mins

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FT 006: How to Sell Ancillary Products for Your Indie Film with Drew Marvick

FT 006: How to Sell Ancillary Products for Your Indie Film with Drew Marvick

For years now I've been preaching how filmmakers need to create ancillary products for their indie films. Today's guest ... Read more

22 Jul 2019

1hr 16mins

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FT 012: Can a $500K Indie Film Make Money Self Distributing with Naomi McDougall Jones

FT 012: Can a $500K Indie Film Make Money Self Distributing with Naomi McDougall Jones

Today episode is probably one of the most important shows I have released in some time. On the show is filmmaker Naomi M... Read more

3 Sep 2019

1hr 30mins

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FT 015: Putting the BUSINESS Back into Show Business with RB Botto

FT 015: Putting the BUSINESS Back into Show Business with RB Botto

You are in for a treat. Today on the show we have my brother from another mother Richard "RB" Botto from Stage32.com. RB... Read more

30 Sep 2019

2hr 32mins

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FT 005: Filmtrepreneur Origins - How to Make $90,000+ Selling a Short Film

FT 005: Filmtrepreneur Origins - How to Make $90,000+ Selling a Short Film

Making a Short film can be tough but selling a short film can be impossible.  Here's my story on how I did both. I direc... Read more

10 Jul 2019

17mins

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FT 038: Fast, Dirty, and Cheap - Lessons Learned for the No-Budget Feature

FT 038: Fast, Dirty, and Cheap - Lessons Learned for the No-Budget Feature

In this week's episode, I go way back to a simpler time, the 90s, and discuss the lessons we can learn from some filmmak... Read more

2 Mar 2020

23mins

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