Indie Film Backers Here for independent film
The rules

What we never do.

This industry has a scam problem and everybody in it knows the shape of it. So here is our rulebook, in public, in the language people actually use. Hold us to it.

The test
Did the money flow toward the filmmaker, or away from them? That one question catches almost everything.
Our answer
Toward. Always. We charge for work and nothing else.

Our commitments

Six things we will not do, whatever they'd earn us.

01

Charge a filmmaker to be considered.

Submitting a project costs nothing. We don't charge for consideration, feedback, "packaging," a pitch, or an introduction. If we introduce you to someone, you owe us nothing for it.

02

Charge a backer to join.

Joining is free and stays free. We are not selling access to deals, lists, or "opportunities," and there is no paid tier that unlocks a better class of project.

03

Charge you for someone else's money.

If we introduce you to someone, you owe us nothing for that introduction. If you and a filmmaker agree on something, that is between you, we're not a party to it and we're not paid on it.

04

Offer returns, equity or profit share.

Not because we're being modest, because we're not permitted to, and you shouldn't trust anyone who does it casually. We sell work and we make introductions. That's the whole offer.

05

Sell your details.

No list sales, no "partner offers," no renting your email to a third party. You'll hear from us, about this, and that's it.

06

Promise anyone money.

Nobody can promise you financing. Anyone who does is either lying or charging you for the privilege of finding out. We don't promise money, we tell you honestly whether we can help, and what it costs.


The red flags

What to watch for: with anyone, not just us.

These are the patterns filmmakers get burned by, over and over. A company that won't name the scams in its own industry is asking you to trust it blindly.


What we ask of filmmakers

Fairness runs both directions. If we put you in front of someone who trusts us:

The commitment we make to backers

Nothing we introduce goes quiet. If someone we put you in touch with stops responding, tell us. That's our problem to solve, not yours, and it's the thing that decides whether this company deserves to exist.

If we ever break one of these

Tell us, publicly, and we'll fix it or we'll shut the thing down. A company like this only works if the people dealing with it can say "that wasn't right" without losing their place in it.