Pitch the community.Get funded.

Introducing Watrfall for creators and our First Slate.

$275K

Creator funds for the First Slate.

The community votes for the stories that get funded.

Built with Oscar-winning, Golden Globe-winning producers.

Watrfall Community coming soon

Are you a Creator?

Apply and submit your story. Approved pitches go up for voting and the winners get funded.

Apply as a creator

Submit by November 15th, 2026

We read every pitch and respond within 4–6 weeks.

Are you a Creator?

Apply as a creator

Submit by November 15th, 2026

We read every pitch and respond within 4–6 weeks.

$275,000

Creator funds available to the top-voted projects of the First Slate.

Watrfall First Slate

amount: $275,000
target: 12 projects*
feature: 1 film at $150,000
tv pilot: 1 pilot at $75,000
development: 10 projects at $5,000 each
genre: All genres
deadline: November 15th, 2026

Every genre is welcome. Second and third slates are coming soon.

*5-10 projects will comprise the Inaugural slate as detailed in the Watrfall Republic Investment Agreement

Watrfall Community

The community decides.

The community votes for the stories they want to see come to life. Winning pitches get the funding to move forward.

The process

Howworks.

Four steps from idea to screen. No studio notes. No back-end accounting games.

Submit

Become a Member and Pitch

Become a Watrfall member. Upload your pitch. No studio redtape. Just you and the film or television show you want to make. Once a slate closes for submissions, expect a response within 4–6 weeks.

Validate

Get Votes

Eligible pitches go to the Watrfall Community.

The community is comprised of Watrfall members, investors and management. We'll be launching a Membership portal shortly.

Greenlight

Get Funded

The community has spoken. Now it’s time to turn your pitch into something real. The winning pitches receive development funding to help bring their ideas to life.

Produce

Create

Shoot with full creative control. Your team, your cut, your final say. We stay out of the edit bay and out of your inbox.

The founders behind Watrfall.

Willie Morris, Dana Landry, Ron Perlman and Michael Donovan, the Watrfall founders, in a still from the Watrfall primer

Willie MorrisCo-Founder

Entrepreneur across tech and entertainment. Built and sold companies in creative services and consumer products, led product & design at Amazon Video, co-founded a subscription business with Gary Vee, and co-founded Asylm Studios with Ron Perlman, an artist-first independent studio focused on creator-driven filmmaking.

Dana LandryCEO

A leading producer behind some of the most beloved kids programming. Founded, ran, and sold one of the world's most successful animation studios. Oversaw Teletubbies, Inspector Gadget, Caillou, Peanuts, and Strawberry Shortcake.

Ron PerlmanCo-Founder

Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated actor and producer with over 40 years in film and television. Known for standout roles in Hellboy, Beauty and the Beast, and Sons of Anarchy, as well as extensive voice acting work. He also co-founded Asylm Studios with Willie Morris, an artist-first independent studio focused on creator-driven filmmaking.

Michael DonovanChairman

Academy-Award-winning producer (Bowling for Columbine). Former Chairman & CEO of WildBrain (market cap of $1.5B CAD in '17). Named Canada's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.