Stop waiting for
your opportunity.
Make it.
Actors, directors, writers, editors, designers and producers. Find your crew, build your credits, and start creating before the industry knows your name.
Join the waitlist for access to the beta. It's live now, and the link lands in your inbox straight away.
No credits, no reel, no connections needed.
For first-timers
No reel. No credits. No connections. Start anyway.
You call the shots here. No agency decides what gets made or who gets picked. Post your own short film, find people who want to make it with you, or join someone else's.
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Why we're building FilmBustr
Breaking into film shouldn't depend on who you already know.
The work is out there, scattered across social platforms, group chats, DMs, and people who just haven't found each other yet. Actors are looking for roles. Directors are looking for people who actually want to create. We're building the one place it all comes together.
Read our story →How a film actually starts
Post your idea, build the team
Have something you want to make? Post your short film, say who you're looking for, and find people who want to bring it to life.
Find something to be part of
Browse projects near you, find roles that fit you, and apply to join the ones you actually want to make.
Make it together
Connect with your team, get on set, and turn an idea into something everyone involved can actually show.
The FilmBustr roadmap
What FilmBustr supports today, and where it's going next.
Directors + Actors
FilmBustr currently focuses on helping directors find actors, and helping actors discover open roles, submit auditions, and get involved in projects.
On TestFlight now, App Store nextBuild your crew
Expand beyond casting so directors can find and recruit other crew members, such as:
- Cinematographers
- Editors
- Producers
- Sound
- Gaffers
- Production Designers
- Makeup / Wardrobe
- Other crew roles
The full filmmaking network
FilmBustr becomes a place where filmmakers can build complete teams, discover projects, collaborate, and keep growing their network through the projects they actually make.
FAQ
The FilmBustr beta is live on TestFlight. Join the waitlist and you get the link straight away, on the page and by email. Requires an iPhone. You'll install TestFlight (Apple's free beta app) first, then FilmBustr. Android and desktop are coming.
Directors can create a Cast Call, add information about their project, list the roles they need to fill, choose how auditions will work, and publish it for actors on FilmBustr to discover.
Not yet. FilmBustr currently focuses on helping people meet, cast, and make projects together. Sharing completed films is something we may expand into as the platform grows.
FilmBustr only displays the profile and project information you choose to share with other users. Private account information should never be publicly displayed. Read our privacy policy here.
FilmBustr puts the control in your hands. Students and emerging filmmakers can post their own projects, create whatever they want, choose who they want to work with, and apply to projects that interest them. There’s no agency or middleman deciding what gets made or who gets cast. Directors choose their actors, actors choose the projects they want to be part of, and the community creates together.
No. FilmBustr is designed for filmmakers at different experience levels, including people who are just starting out. The goal is to make it easier to get experience by finding people to create with.
Your gateway into film starts with someone you haven't met yet.
They're already on FilmBustr, looking for you.
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