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The Gentlemen & The Beggars

The Gentlemen & The Beggars

It seems that a lot of filmmaking (at my level) is about applying for funding. It's a little like panhandling. Holding out your little copper tin asking for some money from a group of complete strangers to get some nourishment.

The problem is there are too few funding bodies and too many panhandlers. Each time you apply for a scheme you hold your breath, wait two or more weeks to hear back, and the odds are, that you haven't won. Ouch. Aspirations hurt much?

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