Tagged: film

October 31, 2013 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

In recognition of the spooky season where Halloween fans everywhere hit the costume parties and watch scary (and often times campy) films we are sharing some crowdfunding campaigns which are raising funds now.  Films, music, books and more.  Check them out below and if you… Read More

October 30, 2013 @ 10:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Happy Halloween.  I-Bankers Partners with Film Producer Lisa Katselas on Horror Movie Titled “Somewhat Dead”. I-Bankers Direct   is offering accredited investors the opportunity to participate in funding a film, Somewhat Dead, and they are doing this in partnership with award-winning producer Lisa Katselas (Richard… Read More

October 30, 2013 @ 11:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Rob Thomas and the team behind the new Veronica Mars film have released four minutes of interviews and footage on the new movie. The movie made headlines after raising over $5 million on Kickstarter. The campaign closed in April of this year.

October 29, 2013 @ 10:59 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Who said punk is dead? There are two campaigns on Indiegogo right now that seek to revive two punk rock projects from yesterday, or in one case yesteryear. One seeks funding for a new hybrid music venue in Santa Ana, California based on an old… Read More

October 18, 2013 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

San Francisco filmmaker Abraham Heisler is crowdfunding a film which explores the realities of the tech obsessed world of San Francisco and he is raising funds on Pozible.  The Aussie crowdfunding platform recently landed on the shores of the US launching a yankee version of their… Read More

October 8, 2013 @ 9:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

From October 14 – 16, the best minds from the worlds of crowdfunding and investing are going to gather in Las Vegas for the 2nd Annual Global Crowdfunding Convention and Bootcamp, the largest crowdfunding conference in the world.   Some of the Keynote speakers for the event… Read More

October 6, 2013 @ 1:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Classified:  The Edward Snowden Story” has already raised $87,700 on their own crowdfunding site.  Add to that amount $746,050 raised via Bitcoin and project creators Travis Doering and Jason Bourque are well on their way to crowdfund their $1.7 Million goal. Bourque will be the… Read More

October 1, 2013 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Backstage casting services has been around since 1960. Many big name actors utilized their casting services.  Robert Di Niro, Sandra Bullock and Scarlett Johansson is on the list of established alumni.  As the company has evolved the process has changed.  Now with Backstage.com a film… Read More

September 30, 2013 @ 12:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Indiegogo, SANTO 7.13.15. is a Sci-Fi feature length film  that shows our future in 2045.   Over population has reached critical levels and food supply can’t keep up with demand. Poverty and hunger have become pandemic. A global biotech food giant SANTO has created… Read More

September 26, 2013 @ 12:43 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged is a hugely influential (and hugely controversial) piece of literature. A Library of Congress survey famously placed Atlas Shrugged as the second most influential book ever produced. Number one? The Bible. The book was turned into a movie series starting with Part I… Read More

September 25, 2013 @ 10:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The 85 year old Catlow Theater located in Barrington, Illinois is a throwback to an era when movie theaters were wonderful structures built to last and viewed as important community structures.  For most movie goers today the experience is less than ideal.  Enduring cookie cutter,… Read More

September 24, 2013 @ 10:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

FaithLauncher—a crowdfunding portal for faith-based projects—will spearhead funding efforts for the release of thriller  Doonby, a film which is a modern take on It’s a Wonderful Life.  The social crowdfunding platform will assist via various promotions such as the “One Life Does Matter” campaign. Doonby is… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Penn Jillette is next up on the celebrity list to crowdfund a full length feature film and he is doing it on FundAnything.  Jillette is half of the well known Penn & Teller team.  He is an accomplished magician, actor, comedian and author.  The Penn… Read More

September 14, 2013 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

This week found in the Crowdfunding Mailbox we have a very diverse group of crowdfunding campaigns – perhaps the most diverse ever. First off a couple hints for those of you emailing in your projects.  Please be certain to include a link to the actual… Read More

September 10, 2013 @ 5:31 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Classified: The Edward Snowden Story promises to be a dramatic biopic covering the life and times of now-ubiquitous NSA leaker Edward Snowden, and the project is crowdfunding on a custom, WordPress-and-IgnitionDeck-powered crowdfunding solution. “Classified: The Edward Snowden Story” is a biopic that will tell the… Read More

September 9, 2013 @ 3:57 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Now that we’re all collectively celebrating the launch of Kickstarter support for projects seeking funding in Canadian dollars, let’s take a look at six projects that have taken advantage of this new aspect of Kickstarter’s service. (As always, caveat emptor!) Nix Color Sensor [Toronto] The… Read More

September 9, 2013 @ 9:36 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Peter Mayhew made history playing Chewbacca in the Star Wars franchise. At 7’3″, he was also born with Giantism. His large frame has degraded his knees to the point of needing surgery in order to walk unassisted again, and a fully-funded Kickstarter campaign for a… Read More

September 6, 2013 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Raindance Toronto’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Industry Party. What: Raindance@TIFF Industry Party and Pitch Contest When: Monday September, 9th, 2013 @ 7pm EST (to 12am EST) Where: Blackline Studios, 577 King West, Toronto Why: You love film (and want to meet John T. Trigonis)

September 4, 2013 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

“One Spark – The World’s Crowdfunding Festival” documentary film produced by Kennetic Productions is set for their initial screening of their film which followed Jacksonville, Florida’s One Spark  Festival.  During today’s (September 4th) Art Walk the film will be presented at Hemming Plaza at 7PM… Read More

August 31, 2013 @ 12:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seed&Spark is thrilled to announce its inaugural #FairTradeFilmmaking festival, WestFest:  three evenings of Seed&Spark films, filmmakers, and film curators! Taking the S&S concept of film collections, called “Conversations,” offline and into real life conversations, we’ll be hosting 3 nights of carefully selected movies from our… Read More