Workshop: Budgeting in Troubled Times—Maximize Your Resources and Finish Your Film Member Only

At a time when documentary filmmakers face extreme fundraising difficulties, documentary budget expert Robert Bahar pivots from his usual workshop to address the elephant in the room: How do you protect your creative vision when the financial ground keeps moving?

In this workshop, Robert will break the filmmaking process into discrete production stages, guiding participants through a workflow for maintaining your full vision for a project while making necessary adjustments to the budget as fundraising realities come into focus, one stage at a time. Practical and empowering in equal measure, this approach helps filmmakers plan ahead, avoid compromise, and ensure their work can be completed.

Supported by Wrapbook

Moderator: Lisa Valencia-Svensson (Getting Real '26)
Facilitator: Robert Bahar (You Are Not Alone, The Silence of Others)