🎬, What is a PPM and Do You Need One? 🎬

Published: Tue, 07/27/21

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Film Private Placement Memorandum (PPM)

Our filmmakers have been asking us for years to release a Film PPM and we finally have! This is a massive legal document that cost over $14,000 in attorney's fees to create. We soft-launched this new PPM template last year and do you know who our FIRST customers were? ATTORNEYS! That's right, lawyers are buying this legal document because they know it's a steal!

Do You Need a Film PPM?

If you want to follow SEC rules for offering investments in your film publicly, use non-accredited investors and are raising funding over $100K, then you want to look into using a PPM.

In the US, a Film PPM is suggested (it's actually required, but we are not lawyers, so we can't say that) for filmmakers who meet the following criteria:

You want to raise film financing of $100K-$5M from outside investors who will not actively participate in your film production (Passive Investors)
You want to protect your project, your production company and your investors and follow all legal requirements
You want the option to raise funds from both Accredited and Non-Accredited investors
You want to be able to publicly advertise your offering in order to receive investor funding

If you want to save about $10K getting a PPM made from scratch and use one already proven in the film industry, then our new PPM Legal Template is for you.

Our new PPM was used by successful independent producers several times to raise money for full-length feature films at budgets ranging from $350K - $8M. The document we offer IS the PPM being used right now in 2021 for Capture The Flag, with actor attachments Dick Van Dyke, Louis Gossett Jr and Barry Corbin. Previously, this Film PPM was used to raise funds for:

Raising Buchanan with Rene Auberjonois, M. Emmitt Walsh and Amanda Melby (released in 2020)
Locker 13 with Ricky Schroder, Rick Hoffman and Jon Gries (2014)
Three Days to Vegas with Peter Falk, George Segal and Rip Torn (2007)

Now, we HIGHLY recommend you still work with a trusted entertainment attorney, but this takes you from paying for an entirely new agreement ($10-$20K usually) to a few hours of updates and a review. You can read our article at Film PPM, where we outline it all for you. The PPM is included in our New Financing Bundles or you can purchase it separately here.

Our New Film PPM Pack includes:

Feature PPM Template (Word) – a template for you to use with editable fields where you insert your own film production information. The template includes the complete Film PPM and Articles of Incorporation (your film company’s operating agreement)
Feature Sample PPM (PDF) – a sample final PPM prepared by attorneys and used by producers (exactly like the Template above, but a final version to follow as an example)
Subscription Agreement Template (Word) – the document used to accept money from your investors. This is signed when they write you a check

Indie Filmmakers - Do You Need a PPM (Private Placement Memorandum)?

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