Capital Meets Story
Michael Bennett | 727 SquaredBridging creativity and capital in the independent film world.
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Why Protection Has to Be Engineered, Not Promised
Almost every structured investment product on the market carries some version of the phrase "principal protected." Read the fine print on enough of them, and you'll find they don't all mean the same thing by it — not even close. The first p...
The Federal Film Credit Fixes the Back End. The Front End Is Still Wide Open.
Last week, a bipartisan group in Congress introduced the Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act. It is the first serious attempt this country has made at a national production incentive. If you’ve spent any time wa...
The First Check Hasn’t Changed
Brad Pitt at the 2026 San Sebastián Film Festival / SSIFF / (Gari Garaialde, 23 September 2026) / San Sebastian Festival Archive / CC BY-NC 4.0
At the San Sebastián Film Festival last week, Brad Pitt told reporters the independent film lan...
The Trust Problem, By the Numbers
Fewer than a third of independent films ever return their investors’ capital in full.
That number is worth sitting with, because it’s usually reported as a talent problem — too many mediocre films chasing too little audience — and it isn’t...
Someone Is Using Blumhouse’s Name to Scam Filmmakers
Three times in the last seven days, I received an email from a major production company expressing interest in optioning one of my projects.
Three times, something was off.
I am a writer, director, and producer with more than thirty years...
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Producer, author, and founder of the Story-to-Screen Lab. Focused on discovering indie gems and “out of frame” narratives with the cinematic bones for global screens. Bridging the gap between the page and the picture.
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