BANK RUN
Chaos hits, and you find out who your true friends are.
A Feature Documentary | Coming December 2026
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The Trailer
Even the best interests can create
turmoil with the wrong information.
A financial collapse accelerated by tweets, group chats, and fear.
Thursday, March 10, 2023 started as a regular work day. By sundown, Twitter had triggered the second-largest bank run in United States history.
BANK RUN tells the story of Silicon Valley Bank, the venture capital machine it fueled, and the hyper-connected media and finance world that devoured it. Told by multiple insiders who lived it, this is a film about capitalism at full speed and what happens when perception outpaces reality.
The real story isn't just about the fall. It's about the American system that made it inevitable.
The biggest financial story of the decade that hasn't been told. And there's a reason for it.
American institutions don't want to believe that a 2008-style collapse could happen on their watch. Yet, we came within hours of exactly that. A new satisfactory accounting of the systemic issues that made this possible hasn't been produced. Until now.
BANK RUN is also the first documentary to examine how social media fundamentally changed financial panic. Tweets replaced whispers. Viral posts moved billions. The next satisfactory accounting of what happens when misinformation meets markets in real-time.
The window to tell this story, while sources will talk, while the wounds are fresh, while it still matters, is now.
$42 billion withdrawn
in 24 hours
A collapse captured in cinema.
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Inside Their Story
SVB employees break their silence and offer the opportunity to attract interviewees throughout government, banking, and media.
Who made this
The two friends who came together to tell the truth.
Phillip Pipkins is a financier and producer whose career has unfolded inside the venture capital and startup ecosystem. While working as a VP at Silicon Valley Bank, he advised founders and investors across the Southwest, operating within the financial infrastructure that fueled Silicon Valley’s growth.
When SVB collapsed, Phillip was not an outside observer. He experienced the fallout in real time, navigating frozen accounts, panicked founders, and the speed at which trust unraveled. As producer and story architect of BANK RUN, he brings lived experience to the film, grounding it in what actually happens when perception overtakes reality and systems fail from the inside.
Anthony Janssen is a filmmaker drawn to stories about power, institutions, and the consequences of failure. Before returning to filmmaking full-time, he worked inside government, where he helped revive the Arizona Office of Film & Digital Media and played a role in reestablishing the state’s Film Tax Credit, giving him firsthand exposure to how policy, economics, and influence intersect.
That institutional experience now informs his work behind the camera. Anthony’s films blend cinematic storytelling with investigative discipline, focusing on how systems behave under pressure. BANK RUN reflects that approach, treating the collapse of SVB not as an isolated event, but as a revealing stress test of modern capitalism.
Get in touch
Your collaboration is incredibly appreciated to tell
this force-of-nature story; one that has the ability
to re-examine existing societal expectations and
shift perceived financial languages.
