CLAPBOARD JUNGLE

By Justin MCCONNELL

ARROW FILM DISTRIBUTORS LTD. - as DISTR

Art - Culture - Completed 2020

A survival guide for the modern independent filmmaker. Featuring interviews with dozens of prominent filmmakers, distributors, festival programmers, and more. Both a feature film and an 8-episode educational series. Featuring Guillermo Del Toro, Paul Schrader, Barbara Crampton and many more.

Festivals
& Awards

Sitges FF 2020
Official Selection
Fantasia FF 2020
Official Selection
Chattanooga Film Festival 2020
Official Selection (pre-digital version)
Canadian Film Festival 2020
Official Selection
Night Visions 2020
Official Selection
Frightfest 2020
Official Selection
fantaspoa 2020
(actually playing 2021 edition)
    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Art - Culture, Documentary
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 98 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Justin MCCONNELL
    • Producer(s)
    • Justin MCCONNELL, Darryl SHAW, Ali CHAPPELL, Chris ALEXANDER, Brooklyn BOEHME, Lindsey BOEHME, Kevin BURKE, Andrew VAN DEN HOUTEN (79th & Broadway Entertainment), Avi FEDERGREEN (Fedegreen Entertainment/Indiecan)
    • Synopsis
    • FEATURE FILM VERSION: Following five years in the life and career of an independent filmmaker, supported by dozens of interviews, posing one question: how does an indie filmmaker survive in the current film business?

      8-EPISODE SERIES: Dive deeper over 8 educational episodes, with each episode focusing on a single topic to help the viewer survive the independent film business. The personal story of the main feature takes the backseat, focusing on an entertaining, but purely information-based approach. PILOT EPISODE SCREENER AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.