The film industry is traditionally slow, manual and opaque with a reliance on error-prone payment processes and a reluctance to digitise. Research shows that 25%-30% of revenues in film and TV go underreported, payments are delayed for years, and sometimes they never reach the owners. To make things worse, the…

Rights management in the film industry is becoming increasingly demanding and complex. FilmChain offers a rights management tracker that allows participants (sales agents, producers, investors) to keep on top of distribution deals for each title. The so-called ‘Rights Tracker’ is a practical tool for collecting and visualising rights management data…

Design systems, famously used by the likes of AirBnB and Uber, are now standard practice in the design and development space. At FilmChain, we’ve been working hard on our design system, a reusable component library that makes up the building blocks of our UI. By setting standards that define the…

The film and TV industry relies on legacy manual and error-prone payments solutions. FilmChain is a fintech platform that collects, allocates and analyses film, TV and digital media revenues in a transparent and efficient way. We collect funds from film buyers globally and distribute them proportionately to agents, actors, production…

We have decided to waive our setup fee for select documentaries. I’m simply not afraid. It’s not in my dictionary of behaviour. (Werner Herzog) Documentaries are a fundamental part of filmmaking and they are seeing great popularity lately. We, as a society are willing to ask questions that weren’t asked…

Dear FilmChain friends, 2020 was a challenging year for everyone, but at FilmChain, we like to celebrate the little wins that keep the spirits up.

Film festivals and markets have a huge responsibility, which goes beyond screening new films. They are the platforms where new initiatives are released and new behavioural changes emerge. Screen professionals come to these markets for the curation of new breakthroughs, they expect to be educated, to be inspired. Innovation, for…

Today, we are thrilled to announce that Hearst has joined our journey as an investor and mentor through HearstLab. We’re honoured to share this Press Release! Eve Burton, HearstLab Chairwoman said “We are thrilled to invest in FilmChain, partnering with them to expand their business in the U.K. and U.S. They bring transparency to a traditionally opaque process, ensuring monies are paid and putting real-time performance tracking at the fingertips of key project stakeholders. We were impressed with their traction and ability to provide increased value to their media clients. We continue to advance our mission of helping women-led businesses grow and are excited to further expand HearstLab”.

There can be absolutely no doubt that, so far, 2020 has been a strange and difficult year. Before his online-concert at Virtual Cannes last week, Ryūichi Sakamoto — renowned and Oscar-winning composer — said “during the quarantine [he] has had a strange feeling… it’s quiet, powerless and irresistible. Kind of…