Surveying the Community

In 2023, IFM surveyed the Twin Cities film and TV community and received 172 responses. Through these

responses, we gathered information about who makes up our community, what our community members’ roles are, which organizations our community members are familiar with, and whatt heir interests are. This is what we found out:

• Actors make up 59.3% of our community. Followed by: Directors (43.6%) Writers (41.3%) Producers (34.9%)

• Twin Cities Film Fest is the most recognizable organization with 88.9% of our community members being familiar with them. Followed by: Z-Fest Film Festival (71.9%) FilmNorth (68.4%) MN Film and TV (66.1%)

• Non-Union workers make up 84.9% of our community.

There’s a high interest in learning about job opportunities and about a production directory in our state!. Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.

Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.

While this survey does not encompass all of our community members, this is a great start to assist us in shining a light on the organizations and the resources that make our state a growing hub for film and TV.