Columbus filmmakers face financial obstacles starting projects. Can these grants help?
While large productions filming in Georgia qualify for various incentives on the state and local levels, small companies in Columbus face challenges as officials hope new grants will help stimulate the industry locally.
Editor’s note: This is part two of a three-part series on the film industry in Columbus. The next installment will explore how Columbus is developing its workforce and bringing back productions after labor strikes.
While large productions filming in Georgia qualify for various incentives on the state and local levels, small companies in Columbus face challenges as officials hope new grants will help stimulate the industry locally.
Caleb Money co-founded Village Film at the end of 2022 in Columbus. As a small company based locally, Money feels he has difficulty garnering support for small projects and encouraging film production within the city.
Village Film has done nonprofit and commercial work, Money told the Ledger-Enquirer, but recently began more narrative and documentary film-making.
Read more at Ledger-Enquirer.
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