Digital Hollywood: The AI & Entertainment Summit
Film Finance Reimagined: Crowdfunding, Community Capital & SEC Compliance
Independent film has always struggled with the same fundamental challenge — great projects disappear not because they lack quality but because they lack marketing muscle and audience awareness at the moment of release. A new generation of film finance models is changing that equation. Community-based investment platforms are building rolling funds that deploy capital specifically into marketing and distribution, creating sustainable cycles where returns from successful films fund the next wave rather than starting from zero each time. With 2,500 investors, multiple films in active release and millions raised before a single project was announced, the model is already producing results. In this session we examine how crowdfunding, community capital and SEC Regulation Crowdfunding compliance are combining to give independent film a genuine fighting chance in a crowded marketplace.
Speakers:
Paul Scanlan, co-founder and CEO of Legion M, Moderator
Additional speakers to be announced
Diana Colella is executive vice president of Autodesk’s Entertainment & Media vertical solutions group. In this role, she manages product, strategy and execution for the company’s portfolio servicing the film, TV and games industries. Colella has been with Autodesk for more than 20 years occupying a range of leadership roles, including head of product management and worldwide support. She has extensive experience in strategically transforming business models, creating new product offerings and optimizing processes on a global scale. Most recently, she served as vice president in Autodesk’s Business Strategy and Marketing group, leading the M&E and AutoCAD businesses, which represent more than $1B in annual recurring revenue. In this role, she drove the company’s strategy for digital conversion of non-compliant users and launched One AutoCAD. She is the executive sponsor of the Autodesk Women’s Network.
