Make your first Feature Film on a microbudget.
No film school required.
FREE RESOURCE:Funding Your First Film
Learn how to fund, produce, and distribute your independent movie, without a Hollywood budget!
FREE RESOURCE:Funding Your First Film
You Have the Vision,
But Not the Hollywood Budget.
You’ve written and rewritten that script and probably watched every behind-the-scenes interview, yet your film still lives in your head because every next step feels impossible.
🎥 Film school is too expensive.
💸 Investors want proof you can deliver before they invest.
🎞️ Crew, permits, post-production, everywhere you look, it’s dollar signs.
Meanwhile, your story sits on a hard drive, waiting.
You just want to make your movie, even if your budget is tiny and your team is small.
It's entirely possible to create a professional-quality feature without film school debt or Hollywood connections.
The tools, strategies, and structure already exist.
All that's needed is the commitment to start and a system that shows exactly how to make it happen...
"I took the class from my hospital bed - that's how excited I was. I've been writing unproduced screenplays for years now and after this class I feel like I'm ready to finally make one!"
- Teddy Burt
Skip the Film School Debt.
Learn From Doing.
Funding strategies
that don’t feel like begging
Budgets that sell
and shootable schedules that keep you sane
Producing tools
that make you the grown-up on set
Directing tactics
that pull award-level performances
Post-Production, Distribution,
templates, guides & more
Whether you're stuck on your first draft or frozen by imposter syndrome, the tools, confidence, templates, and insider guidance we provide will help you get your film made - for real!
I’m Nicole Sylvester, a Brooklyn-based award-winning filmmaker. I’ve done the work. I’ve made the mistakes. And I’m here to show you how to make it happen.
I can't promise you'll be the next Ryan Coogler, but also, I can't promise you won't.
🎬 Choose a path and start making your movie!
"This was so awesome because it really took you through step by step process of making a film. It exceeded my expectations. It would be great if it were more classes."
- Arlette Thomas-Fletcher
🎬 Don't just Dream About It!
Your Film Won't Make Itself
From 25+ years, I've lived every version of indie filmmaking: scrappy shorts, award-winning features, docs, TV shows, you name it. I built this platform so you don't have to reinvent the wheel (or blow the budget) to make your movie. You'll not only learn about the process but also insider lessons I wish I had when I started out.
Nicole Sylvester...
I am the Queen of high quality low-budget filmmaking - a title I previously hated. My talent for making high quality films comes from producing several independent feature films and working in the Hollywood system on big budget projects for Networks and Steamers like HBO, NBCUniversal, Starz, Lionsgate, Amazon and others.
But for all my experience, I still had one big dream that I was afraid to make happen: directing my own feature film. I'm sure you can relate. One day I just woke up tired of waiting for an opportunity and decided I needed to create my own.
So I just did it! I wrote, directed, and produced Maya & Her Lover, a microbudget feature film made entirely on my terms. The film premiered at festivals, won two Best Director awards, and landed a distribution deal.
Whether you need a plan, a push, or just permission to start, you'll find it here.
Free guides, classes, and straight-talk filmmaking tools.
FREE GUIDE
5 Essential Steps To Funding Your First Film
As an aspiring artist, one of the greatest frustrations is figuring out how to secure funding for your projects You deserve to see your vision on screen and this guide will help you take action!
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Learn practical strategies including how to write a micro-budget screenplay, raise funding, then plan your budget and schedule.
