Small Wallets, Great Films
Small Wallets, Great Films
- Date
- Feb 12th 2013
- With
- Ben Gibson, Amra Bakšić Čamo, Anna Seifert-Speck
Regardless of budget, some films manage to reach their full potential through the creativity and resourcefulness of the filmmaker. Beyond the use of non-actors or refraining from fancy sets and locations, what key elements should filmmakers consider when working with limited budgets? Producer Anna Seifert-Speck, of acclaimed British indie Weekend, and the producer of the Berlinale Competition film An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker, Amra Baksič Camo, discuss how they managed great creative success while working with micro-budgets.
Ben Gibson
Ben Gibson is the director of the DFFB film school in Berlin. He was previously director of degree programmes at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School and a visiting professor at Goldsmiths. From 2001 to 2014, he was director of the London Film School. He is a former independent producer and was head of production at the British Film Institute from 1988 to 1998. Before that he was a distributor, exhibitor, theatre director, film critic and journalist.
Amra Bakšić Čamo
Amra is one of the founders of SCCA/pro.ba, an independent production company from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has produced award-winning shorts, documentaries, TV programmes and feature films such as STITCHES and AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER. She is head of CineLink and one of the curators of Torino Film Lab. She is a member of the European Film Academy and has been a longtime collaborator of the Berlinale Co-Production Market.
Anna Seifert-Speck
Anna Seifert-Speck is a script and story editor who works with independent filmmakers throughout the commissioning, development and production stages. She is currently freelancing as a consultant for the British Film Institute and for independent producers. She executive produced Andrew Haigh’s "Weekend" and, more recently, script edited Francis Lee’s "God's own Country" (Berlinale Panorama 2017) and "Ammonite" (Cannes 2020).