Sell your Micro Budget Movie to HBO - How one filmmaker sold his first feature to streaming

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00:00 Intro to Stefan
00:33 How did the film Simmer come together?
01:16 Budget for the movie
02:41 Plot for Simmer
03:30 Co-Directing your first feature
06:41 Achieving the high end look
08:17 Putting the whole film on facebook
10:46 Selling the film to HBO
12:23 How did the HBO deal work?
13:35 Did the genre help with sales? (Thriller)
15:19 The Next project with Kit Connors - The story
16:42 How did they put the budget together?
18:24 Making a movie with a bigger budget?
19:58 How did Stefan secure Kit Connors in the cast?
22:36 Working with casting agents
25:21 Sales and distribution
26:59 What does Stefan wish he'd known when he started?

This week I sit down with indie filmmaker Stefan Van De Graff to break down the real journey behind selling a first feature film.

Stefan walks through how his debut thriller Simmer came together, from shaping the story and stretching a small budget to achieving a high-end look and co-directing his first feature.

We dive into the unconventional release strategy of putting the entire film on Facebook, how that led to a deal with HBO and what the sales process actually looked like behind the scenes.

We talk about how genre plays a role in distribution, working with casting agents, and how Stefan went on to mount a much bigger project starring Kit Connors.

Along the way, he shares practical lessons, hard-earned advice and what he wishes he’d known when he was starting out.

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