Benyam Ephrem

@bephrem

filmmaker

San Francisco, CA

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Benyam Ephrem
@bephrem
Aug 7
SF filmmaking scene August ’26 (7 shorts, 3 features): shorts • @bephrem is executive producing 3 live-action shorts via svfilm.fund (2 in development, 1 announced) • @donaldjewkes is developing an animated short/series (recently backed by @osvllc) •
Benyam Ephrem
@bephrem
Aug 6
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The Tech Filmmaking Scene (August 2026)
tl;dr: From the technology industry’s interior, there are 3 short films in development and 1 medium-length short in post-production. 1 thematically adjacent short is in development, as well as 1...
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Benyam Ephrem
@bephrem
Sep 7
feel like I’m coming to the end of my film school phase. since Feb ‘25 (~19 months): 335 films studied, 17 feature scripts read, 2 shorts written. casting for first short this week
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Benyam Ephrem
@bephrem
Sep 5
companies will purchase artists’ goodwill & audience at a discount for the next 2-3 years as the market forces their hand
Gumroad
@gumroad
Sep 5
Gumroad is hiring creators-in-residence. You’ll get paid $60,000 a year and be able to make art full-time. You can “work” from anywhere. Apply by submitting a portfolio of recent work to [email protected]
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Benyam Ephrem
@bephrem
Sep 4
the bottleneck to tech cinema isn’t actually capital, it’s talent. if I had $1M today I wouldn’t be able to find another writer or director to fund (to my knowledge). I’m noticing the industry absorbs those with the creative aptitude for it. either new media roles (they excel
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Benyam Ephrem
@bephrem
Sep 2
I also hope we can tell both sides of the story. stories of real loss and suffering. labs are not in a position to do this. it will only come from independent voices.
signüll
@signulll
Sep 2
if i were openai or anthropic, i’d absolutely flood the world with emotional optimistic ads about what ai can actually do for ordinary ppl. e.g. show the teacher who gets her evenings back. the scientist who finds something sooner. the small business owner who can suddenly do