How to Fund, Package, Finance and Produce indie Films with Helen Simmons

Want to produce indie films? Then our chat with the wonderful Helen Simmons is for you. Helen who was Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2018, sits down with hosts Giles Alderson & Ian Sharp to chat how she made a career out of being a producer and her latest film Say Your Prayers. We dive deep into Film Festivals, Working for the Weinsteins, Fundamental parts of filmmaking, making her debut feature Chubby Funny & writing and producing her short film F*CK. We talk the excellent Producers Round Table, Casting, Packaging, Funding, Investors and Closing Finance, what makes you happy and her route to filmmaking. Helen was a wonderful guest and you will love spending an hour or so with her as we did. Say Your Prayers The film follows two radical Christian hitmen (played by Harry Melling and Tom Brooke) who are tasked with killing a notorious atheist writer (Roger Allam) at a literary festival in Ilkley, Yorkshire. WATCH Say Your Prayers https://www.amazon.co.uk/Say-Your-Prayers-Harry-Melling/dp/B08HFM12FV/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=say+your+prayers+film&qid=1621306729&sr=8-1 WATCH F*CK https://vimeo.com/316803226 WATCH Chubby Funny https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chubby-Funny-Harry-Michell/dp/B0861VTXJP/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=chubby+funny&qid=1621306863&s=instant-video&sr=1-1 Producers Round Table https://www.ukproducersroundtable.com/guidelines   OUR SPONSORS Coin Corner With an easy-to-use site and a friendly customer support team on hand to help, CoinCorner is a quick and easy way to buy Bitcoin in the UK. You can sign up and buy Bitcoin in under 10 minutes! Bitcoin is the best performing asset of the last decade - outperforming gold, silver and many others - so if you’re looking to buy Bitcoin, CoinCorner is here to make the process simple.  Visit CoinCorner.com and enter code “FILMBTC” at sign up for some free sats - or small amounts of bitcoin - to get you started.   Coin Corner link URL: coincorner.com/filmbtc Code: FILMBTC   PATREON Join our Patreon for bonus episodes, industry survival guides and feedback on your film projects. Our new 4 tier structure is in place. Come join the community! https://www.patreon.com/thefilmmakerspodcast EVENTS & CROWDFUNDERS Support Hi the movie Crowdfunding Link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hi--228?create_edit=true#/   Join us on ClubHouse on Thursday's 6.30 GMT https://www.joinclubhouse.com/event/M5X0Qzvx SUPPORT THE PODCAST Read & Sign Up for The Wrap Up - Our weekly Newsletter with news and information from the world of film Spread the Word with Our Merch T-Shirts, Hoodies, Mugs, Masks and Water Bottles all now available in some very cool designs. Subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, Podbean, or wherever you get your podcasts. Help us out and write us a review (a good one!), tell your friends and CHOOSE FILM. Get in touch? Email us [email protected] Follow us on Twitter Facebook and Instagram Check out our full episode archive at TheFilmmakersPodcast.com CREDITS The Filmmakers Podcast is hosted and written by Giles Alderson @gilesalderson  Produced and edited by Giles Alderson, Robbie McKane @robbiemckane & Samuel Evans @SamuelHEvans_ Social Media by Kalli Pasqualucci @kallieep Logo and Banner Art by Lois Creative  Theme Music by John J. Harvey Part of the www.podfixnetwork.squarespace.com WATCH OUR FILMS The Dare UK | Trailer The Dare Canada and USA  A Serial Killers Guide to Life | Trailer Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot Winter Ridge UK The Isle Fanged Up The Marker Star Wars: Origins   MORE FROM OUR FRIENDS Follow our Regular Hosts @LucindaRhodes @DirDomLenoir @35mmdop @philmblog @IanSharp1 @Cjamesdirect @dan710ths Follow Make Your Film for Live Events with our Guests @makeyourfilm20  Follow our Movies @thedaremovie @Food4ThoughtDoc @FangedUpFilm  Raindance events www.raindance.org The Filmmakers Podcast recommends Performance Insurance Music from musicbed.com Giles Alderson’s website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices