Financing film is a perennial challenge at the best of times and the UK requires particularly strong networks into private investors. It also usually requires a second source of revenue. Journalist Benjamin Rahr, who also directors corproate videos, was in Prague to promote his first film, about the Georgian Patriarch, a “moral rock” for the country in the post-Soviet era.

Benjamin Rahr is a Corporate Video Director with a strong background in business & finance television journalism.   He talked to us about his move from business & finance into film-making and the challenges (even for him) of sourcing investment.