{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"017: Democratizing Film Funding with WRITERS & FILMMAKERS","description":"Are you a filmmaker? Want $50,000 to shoot a movie? Of course you do!\r\nAre you a writer? Want to win $20,000 for your film script – and see it produced? Sure you do!\r\nJonathan Krimer is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, and photographer, as well as founder of Writers and Filmmakers, a new and exciting model for film development and financing.\r\nFrom the Writers and Filmmakers site:\r\n\r\nWriters judge filmmakers. Filmmakers judge scripts. Winning script is shot by winning filmmaker. We fund you to collaborate.\r\n\r\nIn this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss:\r\n\r\nThe number one problem for filmmakers and writers\r\nThe founding and funding of the Toronto Film Association\r\nThe process of submitting and participating at Writers and Filmmakers\r\nThe psychology of talent and self-delusion\r\nThe pros and cons of piracy\r\nThe impending collapse of Hollywood\r\nThe future of film, and the eventual fate of theatrical distribution.\r\nThe challenge of staying creative while raising young children\r\nJonathan’s current film project\r\nThe sorry state of Einstein’s brain\r\n","author_name":"Anywhere But Hollywood: Working in Film, Living in the World | Filmmaking,Crowdfunding,Animation,Screenwriting","author_url":"http:\/\/anywherebuthollywood.com","html":"