Production

Kakao announced the collaboration and a possible 'K‑culture fund' but left the fund’s size and timing undisclosed.

Kakao Entertainment and Disney Korea plan around 10 K-pop projects

Kakao Entertainment said it will pair K‑pop IP with Disney stories in 'around 10' projects; freelancers should lock down rights, fees and payment terms now.

AEG takes a stake in the Benelux promoter; terms were undisclosed.

AEG Presents invests in Greenhouse Talent

AEG Presents has taken a stake in Greenhouse Talent; terms were undisclosed (AEG Presents and Greenhouse Talent announcement; checked 15 September 2026).

ElevenLabs makes Music v2.5 the default model and sets download caps while saying users keep what they create.

ElevenLabs Music v2.5 — ownership and download limits

ElevenLabs Music v2.5 is live; blind tests ran across 47,885 pairs and Free users get five lossless downloads/day, Pro 400/month (checked 2026-09-15).

Joe Berchtold told Goldman Sachs non‑English artists are 30% of Live Nation’s top 50 tours and that venue shortage—47 of 75 markets—limits international growth.

Live Nation: 47 of 75 international markets lack arenas

Live Nation’s CFO said 30% of its top 50 tours are by non‑English artists and 47 of 75 international markets lack modern arenas—an opening for freelancers.

In‑person auditions run Oct 3–Dec 5 across 15 cities; online entries run Sep 14–Dec 5.

BIGHIT MUSIC audition — born in or after 2008

BIGHIT MUSIC opens global male auditions for those born in or after 2008; HYBE reports strong Q2 2026 revenue. Practical steps for freelancers follow.

£2,000

A complete music video, stated by the director who spent it

Colin Peppard, on his video for Makeshift Art Bar's "Discipline": "So we pitched the idea, flew to Benidorm, shot 7 hours of footage, edited it, graded it within the space of a month, all with only a £2k budget."

New joint venture led by Juan Fernando Velasco aims to export Ecuadorian artists across the Andean region; ownership and funding terms were not published.

Sonido Distrito Sur: UMG and Warner Chappell launch in Ecuador

Universal Music and Warner Chappell have launched Sonido Distrito Sur to support Ecuadorian artists; the partners have not published ownership or financial terms.

A public rulebook that fixes two red lines — safety and illegal speech — across Superstruct’s global festival portfolio.

Superstruct Artistic Code: what it changes for festival terms

Superstruct’s Artistic Code fixes safety and illegality as red lines across 80+ brands, a public policy that will influence interruptions, cancellations and contract enforcement.

Production

Three people, four people, one studio day: what crews actually look like

Published crew lists suggest a music video needs a department structure. The productions whose makers described them honestly ran on three or four people, and said so.

Matza says the shoot ran "6 production days there, 1 day in New York" and that he "stayed for weeks, along with all the rented gear, at his family home." (checked 2026-09-07)

Theo Matza’s Faux Amis: 6 production days, 1 in New York

Theo Matza shot Faux Amis "6 production days there, 1 day in New York" and adds he "stayed for weeks, along with all the rented gear, at his family home." (checked 2026-09-07)

An intimate space‑opera short made largely alone, conceived in Paris and finished after years of edits.

Shahaf Ram’s Orange Story: seven‑year solo journey

Shahaf Ram made Orange Story 'over the course of seven years' and conceived it in '2019'. He trimmed the film down from '21 minutes' by 'four minutes'.

Martin says he wrote the first draft in 2022 and production followed after ‘about three years’.

Jasper Martin: Listen Then Repeat took about three years

Jasper Martin wrote the first draft in 2022; production followed ‘about three years’ later and key reshoots came ‘over a year later’. Practical timing for short-film makers.

A primary-source check of budgets, crew sizes, schedules and fees for selected Locarno 2026 shorts.

Locarno 2026 shorts — what (if anything) was published

Checked 17 Sep 2026: searches found no published budgets, crew sizes, schedules or fee statements for the listed Locarno 2026 shorts.

Duffuor staged the window-smash on the “very first day of production” and worked around a student budget.

Nana Duffuor's Rainbow Girls: heist shot on first day

The short’s signature heist was filmed on the “very first day of production”, with the team able to afford only "two panes of glass" for the stunt.

The director talks craft and cultural reference points but supplies no budget, crew or fee numbers.

Lianpeng Zhao’s Museum of Death — no production figures

Zhao discusses the film's themes and craft; the published interview contains no production budget, crew size, shooting schedule or director’s fee as of 04 August 2026.

A small, precise shoot that built an entire liminal world in one Copenhagen shop.

Human Trials: Guilherme Proença’s archival-shop fashion film

Proença turned a thrifted archive into a staged testing ground — shot under a tight schedule that matters to every freelancer on the call sheet.

Animator Sacha Beeley says Babyface was developed in Toronto during a residency and then finished over several years.

Sacha Beeley on Babyface: 'about six weeks', 'another three years'

Sacha Beeley says Babyface had a Toronto residency of "about six weeks" and was completed over "another three years" (checked 2026-09-17).

How a single house, 35mm film and a near-square frame drove every production choice on an eleven-minute debut.

Elliott Power — K-9INE!: 35mm, Panavision, 1.37:1

Power shot K-9INE! on 35mm with a Panavision Panaflex in a 1.37:1 frame, using one house to shape an eleven-minute short.

Practical, source‑backed steps for songwriters on rights, splits, publishing and building the relationships that lead to placements.

Andreas Schuller: How to Be a Professional Hit Songwriter

Andreas Schuller breaks down song creation, publishing basics, and the business actions writers must take to get paid and placed.

A live, wordless short assembled around a tenderness manifesto and filmed quickly in Mexico City.

Ternura: Rachel McDonald's six dancers, one-hour shoot

McDonald says Ternura was made with "six dancers" and was "captured in a single hour." A spare, live-shot study of tenderness as resistance.

De Ilhéus says the film’s in‑story app was delivered in "7 days" and credits the Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund for lab support.

Camila de Ilhéus’s Sofia: 15‑second cringe, 7‑day app build

De Ilhéus says the film’s app was built in "7 days"; Saul Zaentz provided lab support and mentoring, with further development over "a couple of months".

Director Kitty Percy says the short was filmed “over two days”, both days starting late and shooting into the night — a reminder to invoice for dark-shoot costs.

Kitty Percy’s For Better — shot in two days

Kitty Percy says For Better was filmed “over two days”, both days starting late and shooting into the night — what to bill for when a shoot runs after dark.

Thérien says the clay short was shot over "6 months 14 hours a day, 6 days a week" for a film "four and a half minutes long" (figure checked 2026-07-03).

Laurence Thérien’s Ball Face — the production schedule

Thérien says Ball Face — "four and a half minutes long" — was made during a run that "took 6 months 14 hours a day, 6 days a week".

Julian Doan says the Rising Voices fellowship offers $100,000 per director; he submitted the idea that became Long’s Long Lost & Mini Mart.

Doan: Rising Voices 'gives' $100,000 to ten directors

Doan said the Rising Voices fellowship 'gives' $100,000 to ten directors to make films loosely inspired by the future of work.