Today marks a shift — not just for me, but for the entire Dark Monarch Films ecosystem.
For the past year, everything I’ve been building has been about momentum: creating it, sustaining it, and showing filmmakers what’s possible when you stop waiting for permission and start shaping your own path. The short film success, the festival run, the global conversations, the outreach, the pitches, the distribution deals — none of it happened by accident. It happened because of strategy, consistency, and a belief that independent filmmakers can build real businesses in the 21st century.
And now, for the first time, I’m opening that playbook through a new DMF+ workshop.
This isn’t a panel, a livestream, or an inspiration talk.
This is a working session designed to give filmmakers the exact tools I’ve used to create momentum in real time — and the same tools I use daily to build Dark Monarch Films into a studio with global intent.
The workshop is titled:
How to Build Momentum as an Independent Filmmaker in 2026
We’re going deeper than social media tips or motivational quotes.
We’re talking about:
How to create traction when nobody knows your name
How to turn a single project into an entire ecosystem
How to build your audience while building your IP
How to move faster than the traditional industry pipeline
How to generate real opportunities through strategy, not luck
How to think like a studio — even if you’re just one person right now
This is the beginning of a long-term shift. DMF+ is no longer just a place to watch films or vertical content; it’s becoming a home for workshops, community, behind-the-scenes access, industry insights, and practical tools for filmmakers who want to build something of their own.
If you’ve ever watched the journey — the screenings, the awards, the deals, the company growth — and wondered how it all keeps happening so quickly… this workshop is the answer.
All the details are now live on my site.
DMF+ members will get access to the workshop, the replay, and every future session that comes after this.
We’re building something bigger than a film studio — we’re building a blueprint.
And this workshop is where that blueprint starts.
Tap in.
Let’s build momentum together.