Sydney Tooley is making her first feature length film for Sony's Affirm Films. She is the writer and director for Sun Moon coming out in 2022, and she's currently in the middle of production.

Follow her journey into how she got this film funded and the challenges she's faced along the way. In this episode, she shares how she pitched the film, assembled a crew overseas, and how she spent her budget.

Listen to Sydney share her experience as a first time director.

Key Points:
1:00 - How her latest project started
3:50 - Securing funding for project
8:28 - What helped in the pitch meetings
10:23 - Crew in Taiwan
15:29 - Plans for festival run
18:05 - Biggest budgetary items
18:58 - Working with a co-writer
20:47 - Spending money on the right things
26:04 - Best spent money
27:47 - Spending money on talent
32:55 - First female director in faith based space

Links:
Sun Moon Film Instagram
Sydney Tooley Instagram
https://www.syd2ly.com

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