OUR PLEDGE TO YOU
moreFilmaka promises to bring you fresh opportunities every month to develop your career and win prizes. Read the Filmaka pledge from Founder Deepak Nayar and President Sandy Grushow.
OUR JURY
moreYour films are judged by Wim Wenders, Paul Schrader, Bill Pullman, Zak Penn, Deepak Nayar, John Madden, Neil LaBute, Kenneth Lemberger, Dr. Herbert Kloiber, Werner Herzog, Colin Firth, Tim Delaney, Laura Bickford and Thomas Augsberger.
FILMAKA CHANNEL
WATCH THE NEW EPISODE OF CHRISTIE
CHRISTIE is back with another episode! Watch London's greatest lavatory salesman learn the art of outsourcing. Check back next Monday to see the premiere of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, a new series written and directed by our Feature Film Competition 1st Runner-Up, Luis Bernal Salazar. Hear a FILMAKA TALK W/ co-founder of publicity firm mPRm, MARK POGACHEFSKY as he tells us WHAT INDIE FILMMAKERS NEED to promote their films.
FEATURE FILM COMPETITION
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
This is where the competition to get funding for your feature film begins! First you must enter and win one of Filmaka’s monthly competitions. This month’s theme is BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. Make a 1 to 3 minute film on this theme and submit it to Filmaka to win $500 to $3000 in prize money. You can reveal the secrets of what goes on in the halls of power – or between two lovers. Or interpret the theme another way – as long as it’s BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. This competition’s deadline is June 2.
SAB MILLER COMPETITION
BECAUSE LIFE IS WHAT YOU POUR INTO IT
CELEBRATE LIFE in your PITCH for a 1-3 MINUTE FILM! Celebrate love, celebrate the world, skip through fields of daffodils! Then UPLOAD YOUR FROLICKING IDEAS TO US! SAB Miller will choose 15 PITCHES to supply with $1500 each in production funding. Those 15 filmmakers will have 3 WEEKS to complete their films. Once those 15 films have been submitted, 5 will be chosen to WIN $5000! The deadline for pitches is June 4. Script rights revert back to the filmmaker if not selected.
COMMUNITY
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NURU'S FEATURE FILM BLOG
The newly-minted winner of last year's Feature Film Competition, Nuru Rimington-Mkali, blogs about what it's like for an unknown filmmaker to put together his first feature film. Guidance from Deepak Nayar and advice from Neil LaBute, plus a whirlwind press tour kick off the first week of Nuru's odyssey.
FORUMS
Read reviews and how-tos from the community.
RESOURCES
Find jobs, crew, equipment and production assistance.
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Do you have 180 seconds of stunning documentary footage? Submit it to Filmaka Journal! Or come see others’ real-life clips and vote on them!
Click Here to see the winners of the April Documentary Competition.