11/29/2025
Abrraham Rockferry, founder and CEO of Divinity Pictures, provides advice to independent filmmakers who want to succeed in this shifting landscape … 🎤
“If you want to succeed in this industry, you must understand the formula for how films are made. Period. Film has always been highly competitive. You’ve got to have grit, backbone, and uncommonly thick skin. And knowing or not knowing the business side of film is your ticket to either “make” or “break”. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard aspiring filmmakers say that the reason they’re confident that their project is going to the stars is because their mom, or their cousin, or their spouse or their brother or their high school teacher said so, or that they just “have a feeling”. Yes, while that may provide them with a great boost of confidence, the hard truth is that, just because someone outside the industry enjoys your synopsis doesn’t mean that your project will make it past the cutting room floor. That’s just the business. Story without strategy crumbles. And strategy comes from experience with the business.” 👏 Divinity Pictures
Abrraham Rockferry's Photographer 📸:
& Emilio Luis Roman
