About Silver Screen CapitalWe put the audience first — and let great films follow.
Silver Screen Capital is a new kind of studio: a fan community and a disciplined film fund, built together, so the people who love independent genre cinema help decide what gets made — and share in the journey of making it.
Cinema lost the plot. We think the audience is the fix.
The industry spends more than ever on content, yet takes fewer creative risks. Studios chase franchises and sequels while original, mid-budget genre films — the ones audiences actually keep showing up for — get squeezed out. We started Silver Screen Capital on a simple conviction: if you bring the audience into the process from day one, you make better decisions, take smarter risks, and build films with a crowd already waiting for them. The audience is already there — an estimated 40–76 million in the U.S. alone who actively seek out independent film. They've just never had a way in.
Why indie genre films
Independent films across genres — from horror, thriller and action to drama, comedy, sci-fi, documentary, animation, family and faith-based stories, with global reach across FAST, AVOD, and streaming.
Horror
Thriller / Suspense
Action
Comedy
Drama
Science Fiction
Documentary
Animation
Family
Faith-based
Disciplined budgets, distinctive storytelling, and audience-first curation. A category audiences keep showing up for — around the world, again and again.
One studio. Two engines. A shared purpose.
We run two things at once, on purpose — and they make each other stronger.
A community that shapes the slate
Through SCRN membership, fans vote on concepts, watch behind-the-scenes reels, and help decide which stories move forward. Membership is earned participation, never a security — a real seat at the table for people who love this genre.
A disciplined, studio-grade pipeline for independent films across genres — from horror, thriller and action to drama, comedy, sci-fi, documentary, animation, family and faith-based stories — greenlit with real demand data and delivered through modern global distribution. Compliant and tokenized — a real asset backed by real film economics, built for the long run.
The community brings the audience. The fund brings the films. Together they compound — every membership signal makes the next greenlight smarter.
Built to compound, not to chase.
Audience-validated, not guesswork.
Every greenlight is informed by real fan demand before capital is committed.
Disciplined by design.
We target $2 — 3M genre films with proven ROI profiles — not vanity productions or franchise gambles.
Transparent and compliant.
Regulated structuring and on-chain reporting mean fans and investors always know where things stand.
Aligned with creators.
Meaningful participation for the talent we work with, so the best storytellers choose us.
Our principles
Audience first.
The crowd isn't a marketing afterthought — it's the starting point.
Discipline over hype.
We'd rather ship a great $3M film than gamble on a $100M one.
Do it in the open.
Clear structure, honest risk disclosure, and reporting people can trust.
The people behind it
A founding team marrying regulated capital with modern, audience-first film economics.
Tony Shyngle
Co-Founder — Entertainment Finance
- CPA; Big 4-trained finance executive
- CFO, Sugar23 — the company founded by Oscar-winning producer Michael Sugar
- CFO, Here Media (The Advocate, Out)
- 20+ years across production finance, FP&A, investor relations, treasury & corporate development
Brings the deal flow, the production-finance discipline, and the industry relationships.
Soren Azorian
Co-Founder — Web3 Infrastructure
- Founder of multiple Web3 / fintech ventures (Redline Labs, REDFi)
- Builder of compliant real-world-asset tokenization stacks
- Venture investor across the Web3 ecosystem
- Designed the SSC dual-token economics; deployment built on the proprietary tokenization architecture of Tesseras, a Redline Labs portfolio company
Brings the tokenomics design, the platform, and portfolio access to purpose-built digital-securities infrastructure.
Two ways to be part of this.
Whether you want to help shape the films or help finance them, there's a place for you.
Quick answers
What is Silver Screen Capital?
Silver Screen Capital is an audience-powered independent film studio. A global community of members votes on which concepts move forward — independent films across genres, from horror, thriller and action to drama, comedy, sci-fi, documentary, animation, family and faith-based stories, qualified investors finance the films with proven demand, and the production pipeline stays transparent at every step. It is not affiliated with Silver Screen Partners.
How are films chosen?
Filmmakers submit projects to Silver Screen Capital, and each one is reviewed for genre and market fit, team track record and budget discipline, with budgets of up to $3 million. Members then vote on the strongest concepts, and that demand signal decides which films reach the greenlight table and move into financing.