Shanestar Video & Photo Productions

10/25/2025

Why we are so slow on output? FUNDRAISING. It takes a village to work on a film and TIME. endless time.

Fundraising for independent documentaries in the U.S. has always been difficult. As the manager of the IDA Fiscal Sponsorship Program, I have a unique vantage point on what’s working for the many documentary projects in our program. On average, projects have budgets between US$30k–$100k for shorts and US$250k–$1 million for features. Raising that amount often involves equity investments and non-recoupable funds—grants, donations, or crowdfunding. Read more here, https://www.documentary.org/blog/5-tips-documentary-fundraising-2025

08/02/2025

horrible news for documentary films 🎥

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels federal money to public media stations, says it's winding down operations after President Trump signed a law rescinding all funding.

06/16/2025

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/06/02/sweden-urged-to-stop-international-adoptions-after-probe-finds-abuses-and-fraud?fbclid=IwY2xjawK9aoFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFCdXVjQTAyNFRITnZnRGFDAR7GkTb1qeZB65_E-TeTK-4bW3YPL8KeyUjujeFSwF9xeklBV1LvjujwrKg0XA_aem_uNcdCS6sI9v4lSbjn-GkBw

A complete ban on international adoptions to Sweden has been proposed by a government-appointed commission on Monday following its inquiry, which found widespread abuses and fraud.

03/11/2025

accepting new clients. 2025 is the year of: YOU

Business Taxes filed for 2023! Sam-e renewed. Charity list filed. Ready for our next gig. Shanestar Productions, we make films that inspire us to change the way we view our world. JOIN US

02/13/2024

Congratulations to our Board Secretary Rochelle Botello for her solo show Bakersfield Museum of Art! Join her for an after hours event February 29!! Not to miss, she will guide you on sculpture making. Shani Heckman

Rochelle Botello’s brightly colored sculptural installations and drawn works express her curiosity and sense of wonder she finds in the simultaneously mundane and absurd experiences of everyday life, blurring the lines between reality and imagination. Free Fall is a vivid celebration of the comple...

04/13/2023

Business Taxes filed for 2023! Sam-e renewed. Charity list filed. Ready for our next gig. Shanestar Productions, we make films that inspire us to change the way we view our world. JOIN US

04/10/2023

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