Since 2013, Free Minds Film has been teaching filmmakers and other content creators how to live the FMF motto—Don’t just make a film, get people to see it!

FMF participants range from accomplished veterans to college students, and they share a passion for bringing stories about human freedom to screens of every size.

FMF offers seminars and workshops that are free to qualified participants, as well as personalized consulting services.

FMF is hosted by Courtney Moorehead Balaker and Ted Balaker, who have produced for the likes of ABC News, Dimension Films, Drew Carey, PBS, Reason TV, OWN, and Universal Pictures.

The Balakers founded Korchula Productions, a Los Angeles-based film and new media production company devoted to making important ideas entertaining. Korchula Productions’ projects include include Little Pink House (Catherine Keener, Jeanne Tripplehorn) and Can We Take a Joke? (Gilbert Gottfried, Penn Jillette).

The Balakers’ projects have been released to audiences worldwide via theaters, film festivals, through nearly all major digital outlets including Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, and Google Play, via most major cable and satellite providers including Verizon, Comcast, and DirecTV, and on airlines such as Alaska, American, Emirates, Qantas, and Singapore Airlines.

Their projects have been shown on more than 300 high school and university campuses, and have been the subject of special screenings on Capitol Hill, at the Newseum, and dozens of other venues.

The Balakers are immersed in creating content and distributing it, and that allows FMF participants to receive up-to-date guidance from them and their network of industry associates.

FMF expert presenters include an Oscar-winning director, a casting director who has attached A-list talent to indies and studio films, as well as industry professionals who have produced for and brokered deals with Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Amazon, Lionsgate, Relativity Media, History, Disney, Paramount Pictures, and Universal Pictures, among many others.