Gamechanger Films is an American company that finances

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s directed by women.

History

Gamechanger Films was founded in 2013 by Julie Parker Benello, Dan Cogan,

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, Wendy Ettinger.

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was the President, Derek Nguyen was the Director of Operations & Creative Affairs, and

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is the senior adviser. Louie and Nguyen departed to start their own company, The Population, in 2019. Brenda Robinson is a new partner in Gamechanger Films 2.0, which is led by

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. Films funded must be directed or co-directed by a woman, but they may be of any genre. Films do not need to be focused on females or female-centric topics. They support films of a budget of $2 million or less. Funding was raised by Chicken & Egg Pictures and Impact Partners and comes from equity investors. Gamechanger Films is for-profit. Louie said that their goal "is to finance films that are critically and commercially viable". As a result of this, they do not fund experimental non-narrative films. In 2014, they established a $2500 grant for female directors who screen their films at

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Films financed

* ''

Land Ho! ''Land Ho!'' is a 2014 adventure comedy film, co-written and co-directed by Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz. The film made its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2014. It also screened at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, ...

'' * '' The Invitation'' * '' Addicted to Fresno'' * '' Lovesong'' * ''

Buster's Mal Heart ''Buster's Mal Heart'' is a 2016 surreal mystery film written, directed, and edited by Sarah Adina Smith. It stars Rami Malek, DJ Qualls, and Kate Lyn Sheil. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Septembe ...

'' * ''The Strange Ones'' * ''Hunting Season'' (''Temporada de Caza'') * '' The Long Dumb Road'' * '' The Tale'' * '' Nancy'' * '' Passing''

References

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* Film production companies of the United States Entertainment companies established in 2013 2013 establishments in New York (state) {{US-film-company-stub