Filmmaker in the Loop
Sasha SantiagoCine Casita 2026 explores living cinema—outsider filmworks beyond global streaming, returning film to a gathering of disciplines and a social creative outlet.
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Where is the "Hits Model" accelerator labs and plaform for micro-budget films?
With billions floating around entertainment, tech and the other sectors, who’s backing scrappy filmmakers who can outshoot anyone on lean budgets? Who’s ready to place real bets on filmmakers with $10K-25K, four times a year, and push micro...
Looking at NonDē Through Rose-Colored Glasses with Our Man in FilmStack
Back in January, I zoomed with Ted one-on-one, and I’m finally getting around to posting about it, not out of laziness, but maybe out of simply sitting with it and letting it simmer.
To be frank, I think the last few Substack posts this s...
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Cine Formulas for Fragmented Times: Make 1 + 1 = Three
In real estate, build-to-suit means a property is designed and constructed for a specific tenant, not built on spec and leased later.
A “build-to-suit” mindset is something cinemakers should consider adopting.
Stop making films and hoping...
How You Respond to Failure Is the Only Thing Nobody Can Steal. It Doesn’t Ruin the Work. It’s Your Mark.
Shooting your shot doesn’t always look grandiose at the start. Sometimes it really shouldn’t. I get suspicious of anyone who needs a crowd just to take the first step. That kind of energy burns fast and leaves nothing behind. My instinct is...
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Outsider filmmaker reimagining the next wave of cinema through community labs and hyper-local distribution—founder of Actors Tank and FilmStack PDX, building filmworks from inside Portland’s Union Station, exploring a living cinema.
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