Documentary Film Project Consulting
From Development to Distribution and Impact
In-Depth and Personalized Consulting
Every project faces limitations of time, money, or information. We offer comprehensive, personalized consulting that can be modified or adapted to the needs of each team.
We support projects from initial development through final distribution, covering both the creative side and the design of strategies for: research, writing, project folder, teaser, timeline, budget, financing, co-production, legal matters, funds, grants, distribution, promotion, and the route of workshops, forums, and festivals.
Our goal is to help each project reach its full potential according to the team’s priorities: to move audiences? to generate change? to make money? to gain professional recognition? to maximize viewership? to run an impact campaign?…
For over a decade we have advised projects in development, production, and distribution. Among them, we accompanied the editing process and designed and executed the Festival Strategy for the film Nosotras, which had its world premiere at Hot Docs (Canada).
Areas of Focus
Assessment of the current state of the project: analysis, questions, inconsistencies, and lack of clarity.
Support in project development and design of personalized strategies.
Development of the research design.
Building a solid dossier for open calls: logline, synopsis, motivation, narrative structure, audiovisual treatment, teaser, and audiovisual samples.
Design of a route of workshops, funds, grants, markets, and forums (pitch).
Marketing strategy: trailer or teaser, synopsis, poster.
National and international distribution strategy.
Dramaturgy: development of narrative structure from the initial idea through the edit.Pitch and market preparation: how to connect with the national and international industry.
Design of financing and/or co-production strategy.
Festival strategy.
Feedback on contracts or negotiations.
Design and execution of an impact campaign.
Editing consultancy: review and feedback on Rough Cut. For this service you can view the working model in Editing Consultancies.
Flexible and Tailored to Your Project
This consulting does not imply a long-term commitment. We can agree on when and how to work according to the progress of the project, with the freedom to count on us as you see fit.
Each session includes prior review of the team’s questions and of the material relevant to the topic at hand.
Mentors
Clare Weiskopf and Nicolás van Hemelryck, co-founders of Casatarantula and filmmakers with an extensive international career, personally accompany these consultancies.
Clare Weiskopf
Clare is a filmmaker and journalist. Her latest film ALIS (co-director and producer) won 29 international awards, including the Crystal Bear and the Teddy Award at the Berlinale. Her debut feature Amazona premiered at IDFA and was nominated for Best Ibero-American Film at the Goya Awards. As a journalist she has covered topics ranging from the armed conflict in Colombia to the global spread of cumbia music, and has twice won the Colombian National Journalism Award. She is a founding partner of Casatarantula and of the distribution and promotion agency DOCCO. She has been a tutor at CreaDoc-MiradasDoc (Spain) and an advisor for film funds such as the FDC and Ibermedia.
Nicolás van Hemelryck
Nicolás is a filmmaker, photographer, and architect (Magna Cum Laude). His latest film ALIS (co-director and producer) won 29 international awards, including the Crystal Bear and the Teddy Award at the Berlinale. His debut Amazona premiered at IDFA and was nominated for Best Ibero-American Film at the Goya Awards. As director of photography he was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Fénix Awards. He is co-founder of the Distribution and Promotion Agency DOCCO, PI-Association of Independent Film Producers of Colombia, and Casatarántula. He has been an advisor and professor at the EICTV (Cuba) and at the Producers’ Forum of FICCI, and a jury member for competitions such as HotDocs Cross Currents, IDFA Forum, IDARTES, and the FDC.
The joint work of Nicolás and Clare through Casatarantula has been supported by Sundance, Catapult, Ibermedia, IDFA Bertha Fund, Chicken & Egg, Tribeca, Señal Colombia, Harvard University, SCAM, SACEM, the Colombian Film Fund-Proimagenes, and the Romanian Film Center. Their films have been awarded at the Berlinale, Sheffield, Chicago, Turin, Guadalajara, Biarritz, DocsBarcelona, Lima, and Cartagena, and have won 4 awards from the Colombian Academy of Film (Macondo).
INVESTMENT
Prices per meeting hour
Individual hour
$350.000 COP
$95 USD
3-hour package
$950.000 COP
$250 USD
5-hour package
$1.450.000 COP
$375 USD
Sessions can be in-person or virtual.
Would you like to discuss your project? Write to us at labs@casatarantula.co
Join our newsletter
Connect with the Casatarantula LABS universe. Be the first to hear about our workshops, masterclasses, special guests, new programs, and exclusive benefits. Plus, receive news about our films: festivals, premieres, and awards.
