{"id":2967,"date":"2020-05-11T21:37:59","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T19:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbrainthefilm.com\/_POLARSTARFILMS2020\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2021-03-23T14:06:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T12:06:10","slug":"masterclass-how-to-finance-a-short-film-without-losing-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/masterclass-how-to-finance-a-short-film-without-losing-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Masterclass: How to finance a short film without losing money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the international short film and animation festival Mecal invited Polar Star Film\u2019s executive producer Carles Brugueras to hold a masterclass on how to finance a short film without losing money.<!--more--><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/img\/4news\/masterclass_carles.jpg\" alt=\"Masterclass Carles\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Carles, who has a special passion for shorts and tries to produce at least one a year, answered many of the questions that often arise when we embrace a project like this: What should a short film encompass? What are the benefits of shooting a short film if it there\u2019s no profit? How to minimize losses? How much does it cost? How do I finance it?<\/p>\n<p>The masterclass, which was moderated by Roberto Barrueco and Sara Xiol and organized thanks to the collaboration of the Barcelona Documentary Club, was a complete success, with more than 100 participants from countries as diverse as Spain, United Kingdom, Mexico, Argentina, the United States, Finland and Greece.<\/p>\n<p>If you missed it, you\u2019re in luck because thanks to Mecal we have it online and you can see it here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3w7gJT-AE9Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3w7gJT-AE9Y<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, the international short film and animation festival Mecal invited Polar Star Film\u2019s executive producer Carles Brugueras to hold a masterclass on how to finance a short film without losing money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4881,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions\/4881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.polarstarfilms.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}