Film Financial Services helps independent producers finance their production costs, get their films cast and obtain distribution.

Today, most independent films are financed in complicated ways with a number of financing pieces from our global community. International co-productions access tax credits and subsidies, distributors make guarantees, equity funds participate and lenders come in for part.

Film Financial Services is a 25 year-old finance and investment banking firm. From our own resources, our partnerships and outside sources - we pull together elements of financing in a tailor-made structure for each film. We back offers to cast for films we finance and guarantee distribution for completed films. Sometimes we act as "Producer’s Representatives" for films we finance.

FFS's Pan-Asian Film Fund, provides debt, equity, services-as-equity, and arranges distribution for films with Asian production or post-production activities.

Soon FFS will be announcing a new fund specifically for co-productions with China.

Our CEO David Sheldon personally screens all new opportunities. Mr. Sheldon is an expert on current financial structures for film production, co-production, finance and distribution. For 10 years he represented FirstCorp Merchant Bank (a division of South Africa’s largest bank) in their media investments and lending.