“You have to be prepared for that level of bureaucracy and that level of detail oriented research because there’s a way through the system and you have to get really good at that,” Hevia said of securing financing in countries outside of America. “It could be the director understanding the consequence if you go this path versus this path: budget, scale, some of the details of like, ‘We’re going to have to hire 60% local crew, we’re going to have to spend x amount on this.’ Having that producer who can speak that way to the director and then really be bullish about figuring out that path to me is everything.” In bringing up another heroic, cinematic allegory similar to cowboys, she added towards the end of the panel, “I think that’s innately what filmmakers are drawn to because we’re a bunch of pirates just trying to, out of thin air, create something that then creates 300 jobs.”
Author: Harrison Richlin
Published at: 2025-05-24 20:00:00
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