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Welcome to the Production Lot: New member quick start guide.
Welcome to the Production Lot! This community is a central hub to ask questions, find answers, promote your work, share feedback and offer tips to your industry colleagues. We're excited to have you here and want you to get the most out of every minute you spend with us. Here's a quick-guide to get you started: 🚀 Become a…
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The Criterion Mobile Closet is in Los Angeles – June 6/7th in Santa Monica!
Stocked with more than 1,000 of the greatest films from around the world, the Criterion Closet may offer more cinematic inspiration per square foot than any other place on the planet. And it's on the move! Cinephiles in the Los Angeles area, your next chance to hop in the closet is June 6/7th: American Cinematheque’s Bleak…
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New York Expands Film & Television Incentive Program to $800M in Effort to Keep Production in the US
New York's newly-signed 2025-2026 State budget transforms film and TV production incentives, offering up to 30% tax credits and an $800M funding cap to compete with global markets. The global production landscape is more competitive than ever, with international jurisdictions like the UK, Canada, and Australia offering…
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NFMLA Monthly Film Festival - July 12th, 2025 | InFocus: Canadian Cinema
We're thrilled to announce our July 2025 Monthly festival, which includes its annual InFocus: Canadian Cinema program, spotlighting independent Canadian storytellers with support from Telefilm Canada and the Québec Government Office in Los Angeles, and community partnership with its longstanding partner, the Consulate…
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🚨 New GRANT opportunity for independent filmmakers: Docs, features, shorts & web series.
The application window is now open for the Roy W. Dean Film Grant – Summer 2025! The grant is open to documentaries, narrative features, short films and web series budgeted at $500,000 or less. Films can be at any stage of production. The winner will receive a cash prize of $3,500 and $20,000+ in donated film products and…
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#WriteInclusion Factsheets: Tips for Accurate Representation
The stories and characters TV writers create impact popular culture narratives, entertain audiences, and change minds. That’s why TTIE has partnered with a number of social justice researchers and organizations to produce #WriteInclusion Factsheets: Tips for Authentic Representation. While these factsheets could never…
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Start a new discussion or join a conversation.
Welcome to the Production Lot – now that you’re here, it’s time to start sharing your ideas, commenting, and connecting with fellow members! Let's quickly review how to start posting. There are four types of posts you can create on the Production Lot: Discussions, Polls, and Questions. These post types are slightly…
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Introduce Yourself!
Welcome to the Production Lot, EP's online community for production professionals! It's time to join the conversation and introduce yourself to the community! This is a great way to get to know your fellow community members and let them know all about you. To get you started, tell us a bit about yourself by answering the…
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Did the Haunting 28 Years Later Trailer Convince You to Head to Theaters this Weekend?
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland have teamed up for the next installment of the 28 Days Later franchise. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, and Ralph Fiennes star in 28 Years Later, the first installment in a planned trilogy. The film's trailer (below) became the #1 video on YouTube and in 48 hours had over 10 million views,…
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Attn: POC Writers! RISE Fellowship application window open til June 30!
Less than two weeks left-- are you ready to RISE? RISE - Year 3. Applications open on Coverfly now through June 30th. Rideback RISE is a non-profit accelerator dedicated to supporting mid-career POC artists and creators to create commercial film and television across genres.
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Check out photos of our NFMLA June Film Festival!
Thank you to everyone who attended our June Film Festival this past Saturday! It was an amazing time as we highlighted LGBTQ+ cinema and enjoyed a performance from the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles! 😁 You can find more photos of the event on our website below! We hope to see you at one of our future events! Check out all…
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Last Looks: Glen Powell Joins Ron Howard Film, Harold & Kumar Sequel, and More!
The Dailies reports on the latest in development, greenlights, renewals, and cancellations. Harold & Kumar (New Line) Film Development 🗒️ Glenn Close and Billy Porter join the cast of ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.’ (more) Glen Powell will star in an untitled firefighter drama for Amazon MGM, directed by Ron…
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Movie Budget - Small Production
As part of my continued focus on financial modeling, Excel tools and FP&A analysis, I've been diving into production finance workflows, building a sample film budget modeled after studio reporting This includes Above-the-line(ATL), Below-the-line (BTL) breakdowns, burn rate tracking, budget vs plan tracking and variance…
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FILMING IN INDIA
worth exploring - https://mib.gov.in/sites/default/files/2024-02/Revised%20incentive%20guidelines.pdf
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How open is the U.S market to international producers?
Hi all, I’m Raul Gama, Brazilian TV Producer now living in the U.S. I’ve worked in the industry for a couple of decades, mostly in scripted series e international shoots and I’m currently going through the EB1 visa process, so I’m not yet allowed to work here. While I wait for that to move forward, I thought this would be…