WMM's Make Your Feature Competition Breaks the Industry Mold
In a sea of film competitions that award starter funds, offer packages towards gear, and sometimes even promise gateways of access to the elusive industry at large, We Make Movies is breaking the mold. We are helming a micro-budget feature film competition - THE MAKE YOUR FEATURE COMPETITION - that will see your project through completion by actually making your movie for $25,000.
WMM has joined forces with investors from Silicon Valley, in search of multiple projects from inventive and resourceful filmmakers. Filmmakers will submit their feature film treatments (stellar concept or completed script) and pitch to investors and the WMM community for the opportunity to develop their story, from inception to completion. At least two winning filmmakers will land cash investments of $25,000 each, in addition to tens of thousands of dollars worth of resources in the form of services, equipment, and more. WMM and the investors will partner with winning filmmakers, as project co-owners to produce the films in early 2022.
"There really is no other competition that we know of that allows you to pitch directly to an investor and that then puts you into an incubator, or more accurately, an accelerator that shepherds you through the full process of making the movie and getting you to your premiere," states Sam Mestman, CEO of WMM. In this Shark Tank meets Project Greenlight type competition, WMM & investors will finance your film for 25K, develop your film, produce your film, release your film, and get your film ready for distribution. "Every step of the way, you’ll be part of a guided process, and you’ll be working with a community of people who all want to see you knock it out of the park. Most independent filmmakers have to go out there and kind of just 'figure it all out'. With this competition, the winners will be able to focus on the creative process over all of the bureaucracy of making a movie."
WMM Values & the Silicon Valley Mentality
Launching a Methodology & The Future of the Accelerator
In the tech world, an accelerator is an organization created by experienced tech entrepreneurs to help early-stage tech companies develop their product, hone their business model, and connect with investors. What WMM is doing through the Make Your Feature Competition is nothing short of a filmmaking accelerator. We are cutting through the red tape and oftentimes laborious process most filmmakers are subjected to in realizing their dreams.
WMM President Aubrey Mozino is thrilled about giving "filmmakers a chance to get out of the development vortex and actually get onto set making the movie they want to see." WMM
already comes with an in-house fanbase, a community of like-minded creatives hustling to make their films. With the efficacy of an "experienced full service production company working alongside the filmmakers to assemble the right gear, crew, resources and exhibition opportunities" WMM offers incomparable assets to the community and ultimately those awarded through the competition.
Members Only Never Sounded So Good
All of the above, for the modest price of membership. We Make Movies Silver members get one free submission and Gold Members get two. We truly are the community that keeps on giving, whether it's in the form of our weekly labs, our Smartphone Studio, our filmmaking library of tutorials, or the opportunities we present. Perhaps Mozino sums it up best when she says she loves "that We Make Movies inspires writers to become directors, actors to become writers, and many of us to become multi-hyphenates who are taking back control of our careers."
Mind blown? Excellent. If you're not a member yet, we're not sure what you are waiting for. Let us know your thoughts. Oh, and by all means, submit your treatment.
Sapna Gandhi is an actor, singer-songwriter, and content creator. In addition to TV credits such as BOSCH, SHAMELESS and SCANDAL, she has appeared in numerous shorts, features, and series, including festival darlings IN ABSENTIA (Raindance) and THUMPER (Tribeca). Gandhi has produced several series and films under the umbrella of her production company Elegant Grotesque (most recently SCRAP, starring Anthony Rapp and Vivian Kerr, and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ STRANDED ON THE EARTH, directed by Mike Bruce). She is also 1/2 of the musical duo, VATAVARAN, was born in England, raised all over the states, studied English and Women’s Studies, and trained at the American Conservatory Theatre in SF.
