Venture Stories

Marc Iserlis is a film/TV producer and documentary filmmaker joins Village Global's Head of Investor Relations Olga Serhiyevich (@olgaserhi). Marc is currently building tokenized film financing at Republic, an alternative fundraising platform.Takeaways:- Marc’s ambition is at Republic is to allow individuals to join in the success of film production through an equity "fan raise" that allows fans of a particular project to invest directly in its production and share in the project’s success.- The rise of streaming platforms and recent changes in how films are financed has resulted in commoditization.- China and India’s film industries are rising stars but the US is still the global leader in big films.- Telling a good story is perhaps the hardest thing in the world to do. - An audience appreciates subtlety in storytelling. Writers know the right things to withhold from an audience to make it satisfying.- Stage is an actor’s medium, film is a director’s medium, and TV is a writer’s medium.Thanks for listening —