It's super quick and easy to become a WMM member! Just click this link to sign up for either a Gold or Silver membership and in your welcome email you'll receive all the necessary information on how to submit your project! All Silver members get one free submission to the competition and Gold members get two! 

Please note: you will need to maintain either a Silver or Gold membership through the duration of the semi-finals in order to be selected as a semi-finalist or finalist. 

You should have received an email from [email protected] with a private link to the competition submission page. If you've lost the email or need it resent just reach out to [email protected] and we'll send you a new link ASAP! 

You will need to maintain either a Silver or Gold membership through the duration of the semi-finals in order to be selected as a semi-finalist or finalist. 

You can become a Silver member ($100 for 12 months of membership + 1 free Make Your Feature Competition Submission) by clicking here or a Gold member  ($200 for 12 months + 2 free Make Your Movie Contest Submissions) by clicking here!

Here's just some of the perks you'll get with WMM Membership:  

• Access to our Members Only facebook group and Community Message Boards
• Discounts on WMM Production Services. 
• Access to the Smartphone Studio tutorials
• Access to the WMM on-demand library of filmmaking courses, webinars and workshops
• Priority casting for Writers Labs
• Four free script submissions a year to our Writers Labs for Gold Members
• Free submission to the WMM International Film Festival.

While we'll have industry experts on hand to advise and guide the selected projects through the stages of production, we're looking to work with fellow savvy filmmakers with previous experience in at least one area of production.  

We're using the same time tested Silicon Valley model of angel investors financing start-ups and the bringing the visions of entrepreneurs to life....but, this time the entrepreneurs are filmmakers.  As CEO of your film, you will get the budget, resources, and an ownership stake in the project in addition to the expectation that you and your team make a movie that lives up to mutually agreed upon expectations between you, WMM, and the investors involved.

No one wants to control you or the process, but high end deliverables will be expected along the way of the production process and like typical investment deals, any final decisions on the movie will lie with your investors.

We Make Movies will help along the way by outlining a prescribed production and post production workflow all projects will need to follow.  Final film deliverables will need to hit a "Netflix" or above level spec, but we'll make sure you have full guidance along the way. The goal of this competition is find the most efficient and practical way to execute your vision at the highest level possible.  

While final decisions over content will be decided by WMM and investors, it benefits no one to create an independent film that is counter to its own creator's intentions.  WMM is looking for long term, sustainable partnerships with its filmmakers AND its investors.  With our own reputation also on the line, we take the quality and direction of these movies as seriously as you do. 

We will also provide any filmmaker who gets investment the opportunity to buy back the movie from WMM and the other investors prior to its premiere at WMMIntl 2022.  Details of how that will work will be released once semi-finalists have been selected.

There will be an investor agreement that will be issued before pitching begins at the semi-finals.  In layperson terms, though, WMM will be the production company of merit for all the films, and investors will be paid their full investment back first, plus 20%. Once investors have fully recouped their initial investment,  1/3 of profits will go to investors, 1/3 will go to the filmmaking team, and 1/3 to We Make Movies. This is separate from any investment or deals made thereafter with additional investors or distributors pending their involvement. 

Not a problem! We're looking for solid storylines and inventive concepts, and only require a 3-5 page treatment of the film (which usually contains a title, logline, overview of the story, introduction to the main characters, and discussion of the theme and/or tone of the project) and a brief 5 page writing sample (this can be from an entirely different project) in order to submit!  However, we are looking to partner with filmmakers who are ready to hustle and have a plan on how to make their film.  So, we recommend you keep working towards finishing that draft after you submit. The more we can get a feel for your film and the closer it is to being ready to be produced, the more our judges will be likely to invest. 

• Aim for a basic skeleton crew: DP, sound, lighting (depending on the aesthetics of the film) and maybe a few key people to help you with artistic elements that help elevate the film (production design, costuming, hair & makeup).
• Aim for minimal casting if possible
• In considering cast and crew positions, start by tapping into the people you already have a strong working relationship with. You need a cast and crew that understands your vision, is going to have your back, and will work to make your project the best it possibly can be.
• Shooting days should try not to exceed more than 10-15 days.
• In considering locations, start by using what free ones you have available to you in your back pocket, then consider favors from friends and family who might be willing to donate a location to help fulfill your passion project! Paid locations or studios are always an option for highly specific sets, but be conscious of how quickly they'll eat up your budget!
• Remember, if you win, We Make Movies will be assisting with: 
  • Insurance
  • Pre-production Resources & Paperwork
  • Production Coordination
  • Access to camera and sound gear
  • Post-production (Sound Design, Color, & Deliverables)

Nope! You just need to be in the United States (and produce the project within the US) and able to attend the semi-finals and finals via Zoom. 

After submissions close on August 5th 2021, 36 projects will make it to the semi-final round, then 9 projects will move on to the finals. Ultimately, the jury will select AT LEAST 2 films to be produced as $25K micro-budget features.  More information on exact number of films will be announced in August prior to the Semi-Finals. 

• Script mentoring
• Staged readings
• Pre production consultation
• Location services
• Budgeting assistance
• Casting
• Crew recommendations
• 12-Month ISAConnect Membership to network with more industry professionals, submit to additional contests, and list loglines of additional projects you're looking to sell! 

• Production insurance
• Production consultation
• Production management
• On-set editorial workflow and management
• Access to Camera, lighting, and sound gear
• Production hard drives
• BTS services
• Social Media

• Post production gear
• Video storage
• Editorial conform
• Post production workflow consultation
• Color correction
• Sound design
• Music
• VFX and titles
• HDR prep
• Captions
• DCP and other necessary exports and deliverables

• Festival Premiere
• Audience creation
• Accounting
• Social Media
• Press releases
• Trailer services
• Release strategy and consultation
• VOD assistance
• Contract negotiation
• Self release as a potential strategy and option

In a perfect world the movie will find larger distribution through a streaming service (Netflix, Hulu etc...) or larger distributor (Sony, A24 etc.) but it's of course impossible to know what the final distribution strategy will be. At a bare minimum WMM will:

• Premiere the film at We Make Movies International Film Festival in 2022
• Self-distribute via a VOD service like Vimeo etc.