Telefilm, Gatekeepers & The Financial Reality of Indie Film | Off The Lot Podcast
Anthony Epp sits down with Ken Kabatoff for a candid conversation about the recent changes to Telefilm Canada's development funding, the challenges facing emerging filmmakers, and the growing need to balance creative ambition with financial sustainability. They reflect on networking, content creation, building an audience, and why long-term careers are built through persistence rather than overnight success. Listen now for an honest discussion about filmmaking, funding, creative resilience, and what it really takes to keep making movies. 00:00:00 - Intro/Remnant Update 00:08:58 - Telefilm Development 00:26:43 - Development Strategies & Audience Building 00:46:26 - The Financial Realities of Indie Film Vulture: The Unglamorous Financial Realities of 5 Indie Filmmakers https://web.archive.org/web/202606231... Listen To The Episode On Your Podcast Player https://www.offthelotpodcast.com/listen Follow Ken's Indie Horror Feature Remnant here: https://www.remnantmovie.com Follow Ken Kabatoff's newsletter The Film Founder here: https://kenkabatoff.substack.com/about Follow Anthony Epp's newsletter The Greenlight Report here: https://greenlightreport.substack.com... Follow Ken & Anthony on Instagram here: / ken_kabatoff / epptri #telefilm #canadianfilm #film #indie #filmmaking #filmindustry

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