Femme Regard Podcast Carolina Alvarez, Tessa Markle

Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez of Femme Regard Productions spill the tea on this week's topic: using your inspiration to your advantage!
We chat with Iranian filmmaker, Pirooz Kalayeh, who happened to be Carolina's film professor. He shares his journey from immigrant kid to musician to storyteller and filmmaker to now, social advocate via his films. Pirooz shares where his inspiration came from and why he loves sharing his art so much.
IG Shoutouts: @syncthemovie @siuonline
Websites and Socials:
Website: www.ilovenirvana.com
IG: @storiesbetween
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Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez of Femme Regard Productions spill the tea on this week's topic: distribution!
We chat with Sana Soni, head of distribution and sales at Giant Pictures. With years of experience in the distribution world AND as a producer herself, she gets it. Sana understands indie filmmakers and how many choices they have when it comes to getting their film out there. She knows what works and what doesn't, depending on what you want to get out of your film!
IG Shoutouts: @syncthemovie @giant_pictures @midnightcaller___
Websites and Socials:
https://www.giant.pictures/
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Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez of Femme Regard Productions spill the tea on this week's topic: directing and mentoring!
We chat with Latina director, Pam Matew about her experience directing several short films and mentoring inexperienced filmmakers on her sets. We get into why it's so important to think successfully and put in the work and share that with other people. Setting the building blocks to success is only the beginning!
IG Shoutouts: @syncthemovie @iwokeuplikedez @thetenant_short @armedbetties @bighoopenergy_short
Websites and Socials:
IG: @latinadirector
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Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez of Femme Regard Productions spill the tea on this week's topic: distribution and shooting a scriptment!
We chat about friend to the show, Katrina Cebreiro's series, Miscellanea, namely the episode our own Carolina stars in, Polette. How she became inspired to create the story based around female empowerment and how she was efficient with shooting a scriptment. We also dive into her journey with distributing the project.
IG Shoutouts: @syncthemovie @miscellanea.tv @nvisionate
Websites and Socials:
https://miscellanea.vhx.tv/
IG: @mastercon10der
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Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez of Femme Regard Productions spill the tea on this week's topic: fundraising!
We chat about our experience fundraising for our first feature film, Sync. We give many tips and tricks, both learned and taught to us by our amazing team, Craft Services, in order to run a successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter (and other platforms!). We get real about the work and the difficulties that lead to the rewards and excitement of funding!
IG Shoutouts: @syncthemovie @fromtheheartproductions @enjoycraftservices @kickstarter @mailchimp @olsosara
Websites and Socials:
http://www.femmeregard.com
IG: @misstessalauren @lafemmecarolina
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Hosts Tessa Markle and Carolina Alvarez spill the tea on creating a fantasy film with filmmaker Chris Heck!

We chat with return guest, Chris about his first feature, the Savage State. A dark fantasy for children. We get into all of it. Where did this idea come from and why is it important? How is he combining elements of puppetry, SFX, and more? And what about fundraising? We learned a lot in this episode and we know listeners will too!

Links:
Website: http://www.thesavagestate.com
Wefunder: http://wefunder.com/thesavagestate
Instagram: @chrisheck13 @theaterthirteen


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