Tagged: film

April 12, 2014 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Sharknado is a made for TV movie that took the film world by “storm” airing on SyFy in July of 2013.  The sheer audacious nature of the plot of this now classic B horror film quickly became social fodder and iconic camp. Any producer that… Read More

April 10, 2014 @ 1:15 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

I’m no authority on films by any means, but I’d like to think I can spot a winner. If this trailer for Zach Braff’s upcoming film Wish I Was Here is any indication, I have some pretty high expectations for the effort. It looks awesome. Braff… Read More

April 8, 2014 @ 1:45 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Chinese artist and cultural activist Ai Weiwei is at the center of a currently-running Kickstarter campaign seeking funding for an upcoming sci-fi film. Shot in secret, The Sand Storm has already met a goal of $33,000 and seems set to eclipse that by orders of… Read More

April 7, 2014 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Yancey Strickler, Kickstarter CEO and Co-founder, has jumped into the scrum regarding the allegations of censorship pertaining to a movie now crowdfunding on Indiegogo.  In a tweet from his personal account, Strickler shares the acceptance letter to the Gosnell Movie creators:     @GosnellMovie@BreitbartNews This… Read More

April 4, 2014 @ 11:23 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted in May of 2013 of a host of horrific charges related to late-term abortions and other medical misgivings. Some have called him “the most successful serial killer in the history of the world” while estimating that he may be responsible… Read More

April 2, 2014 @ 10:46 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Alibaba.com is a giant in China, and the company has now launched a crowdfunding play for entertainment-related projects. It’s called Yu Le Bao, or “Entertainment Treasure,” and it allows anyone to invest in entertainment projects like films and games in amounts as little as 100… Read More

March 28, 2014 @ 11:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably been exposed to some of the promise everyone found in the Veronica Mars Kickstarter campaign. The democratization of film finance! People funding films they want to see made! We don’t need the studios! A new accredited-only crowdfunding platform… Read More

March 16, 2014 @ 1:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Film and video is the second most successful category on the global crowdfunding platform.  Since Kickstarter launched they have raised almost $200 million ($165 million successful) for over 33,000 projects.  Sure we all know about Veronica Mars, Zach Braff and Spike Lee but there are… Read More

March 14, 2014 @ 11:03 am By Charles Luzar  |  

It’s Veronica Mars day. Related: A Fan History of Veronica Mars [Kickstarter] Director Rob Thomas joined CNBC on Wednesday to take a look back at the campaign. Consider that when the film launched on Kickstarter, the largest Kickstarter campaign ever had raised just short of… Read More

March 6, 2014 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

As part of Vimeo’s celebration of their one year anniversary announcing Vimeo On Demand, the company is announcing a $10 million investment fund for creators selling their work directly online. The funds will be used to provide creators of all levels and genres direct financial support and… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 12:27 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The countdown is on. Veronica Mars hits theaters and will be available to backers on March 14th. In anticipation of the film’s release, Rob Thomas and company have released the following clip of the first two minutes of the film. Not much is revealed, so no… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 7:33 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With less than 60 hours to go, Sarah Mabrouk, Amy Thomasson and their Upwind Pictures team has exceeded their stretch goal and raised over $102,232 for their documentary “The Food Cure.” To date, 1,336 backers have supported their documentary.  Their  Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, highlighted two weeks… Read More

March 4, 2014 @ 11:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Tabletop games continue to be a strong driver of growth for Kickstarter thanks in no small part to a tight-knit community of gamers and their voracious appetite for innovative games to play. Apparently Inceptor has struck a chord, because the game has raised over $50,000 with… Read More

February 27, 2014 @ 11:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With 30 days left, Katherine Heigl’s flexible funding crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for her new independent film “Jenny’s Wedding” is slowly gaining momentum. In the last day, more than 100 backers have added their financial support.  With still $117K to raise, plenty of time remains for more backers… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 6:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Video Game High School (VGHS) beat their $750,000 goal crowdfunding on Indiegogo by raising $898,242 from 10,907 backers.  With 5 days to go in their flexible funding campaign the project was short of goal.  In a backers update on Friday, February 19, VGHS shared they… Read More

February 22, 2014 @ 2:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

For this week’s edition of our Crowdfunding Mailbox, we have three campaigns:  BrightUp, Sands of Ikkera and Heart&Slab.  Yep – the names really do not disclose to much so let’s get to it. BrightUp is crowdfunding from Hamburg, Germany on Indiegogo.  Co-founder and CEO Maximilian… Read More

February 21, 2014 @ 9:40 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Documentary on Nutritional Therapy for Cancer Beats Crowdfunding Goal. With 14 days to go, Sarah Mabrouk, Amy Thomasson and their Upwind Pictures team raised over $75,000 on their kickstarter campaign, surpassing their $68,000 minimum, to fund their film’s post-production costs.  The project met their goal on February… Read More

February 15, 2014 @ 2:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

DocWeek, Australia’s international documentary film festival takes place in Adelaide, March  4-9, 2014.  The Aussie crowdfunding platform is once again slated to partner on the event with the Pozible Pitch. Four crowdfunded films have been selected by Pozible and DocWeek for the Pozible Pitch.  The… Read More

February 13, 2014 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wong Fu has some pretty amazing numbers on their YouTube channel.  Over 2 million subscribers with over 300 million views of their short films, music videos, vlogs etc.  Wong Fu Productions (WFP) started by a group of friends at UC San Diego, Philip Wang, Wesley… Read More

February 13, 2014 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Pozible just recently moved into their new offices in Melbourne where apparently they have quite a bit of extra space.  So what better way to put that space to work than screening some really cool films that were funded on the Pozible crowdfunding platform.  Pozible… Read More