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Over Two Dozen Television Pilots Fund Through Seed&Spark’s “Keep It Colorful” Crowdfunding Effort

Seed&Spark, the independent film crowdfunding platform, announced on Thursday that pilots for 27 television series developed by creators of color were funded as part of a special month-long “Keep It Colorful” crowdfunding effort. According to Seed&Spark, approximately 50 content creators of color entered the crowdfunding… Read More

Seed&Spark Announces Canadian Expansion: Now Offering New Funding Options for Canadian Creators

Seed&Spark, the independent film crowdfunding platform, announced on Friday its expansion into Canada. The U.S.-based funding portal confirmed it launched full access of its services to Canadian creators. Seed&Sparks reported included in the expansion is support for Canadian currency, compliance with local tax regulations and… Read More

Seed&Spark Closes $2Million Seed Round, Shares Truth About Funding Pitfalls in Blog Post

Seed&Spark, an independent film funding platform founded by Emily Best, recently closed a $2 million seed round. Instead of shooting out a standard press announcement chock full of superlatives, Best hit the pages of Medium to share the truth as to how difficult funding is… Read More

Seed&Spark Now Accepting Submissions For Communal Nightmare Crowdfunding Rally

Seed&Spark, the independent film crowdfunding platform, announced on Friday it is now accepting submissions for its Communal Nightmare Crowdfunding Rally, an initiativefor feature genre films that bring society’s nightmares to life. The funding portal has teamed up with 3311 Productions and The Orchard to award… Read More

Seed&Spark Teams Up With WeTransfer & Bow And Arrow Entertainment to Launch Crowdfunding Rally “100 Days of Optimism”

Seed&Spark, the independent film crowdfunding platform, announced on Monday it has teamed up with WeTransfer and Bow and Arrow Entertainment to launch 100 Days of Optimism, which is described as a crowdfunding rally for stories of hope, change, redemption and inspiration. Filmmakers who participate in the… Read More

Seed&Spark Announces Entertainment Initiative #100DaysOfDiversity

Seed&Spark, the independent film crowdfunding platform, announced on Wednesday the launch of its latest entertainment initiative, #100DaysofDiversity, which is described as a movement that’s joining creators, audiences, brands, festivals, and organizations to actively increase representation in entertainment in 100 days starting January 20th. The crowdfunding platform… Read More

Seed&Spark and MasterCard Team up to Launch “TVs Next Great Show”

Seed&Spark, the independent film crowdfunding platform, has partnered up with MasterCard on a “Crowdfunding Rally” created to uncover and launch “TVs next great show.”  Launched on September 12th, the New Voice Crowdfunding Rally seeks to empower aspiring film creators to fund a short film or… Read More

Seed&Spark Offers Up New Class: Crowdfunding to Build Independence (Video)

Seed&Spark, crowdfunding platform for independent films, recently announced its new class, Crowdfunding to Build Independence. The portal has taught this class at over 100 film festivals, schools and organizations around the U.S. The classes feature co-founders Emily Best and Erica Anderson.  The Seed&Spark team shared: “Crowdfunding to… Read More

Seed&Spark’s Emily Best Talks iN Demand Agreement: “We Were At 65M Homes in the U.S., Now We’re in 100M!”

Last month, Seed&Spark, crowdfunding platform for independent films, announced it made direct distribution deal with cable and digital distributor, iN DEMAND. The portal hopes that the agreement will help expand its domestic distribution reach by 50%. Now, CEO and founder of Seed&Spark, Emily Best, is ready to… Read More

Brief: Seed&Spark Completes New Film Distribution Arrangement

On Thursday, crowdfunding platform for independent films, Seed&Spark, announced it has completed a distribution arrangement to extend its reach to millions of cable customers across the U.S. Through this new agreement, major cable providers will now have access to Seed&Spark’s library of excellent independent content… Read More

Seed&Spark Celebrates the New Year By Taking a Look Back at 2015 Achievements

Earlier this month, crowdfunding platform for films Seed&Spark celebrated 2016 by taking a look back at its 2015 achievements. The Seed&Spark team shared: “2015 was a year of firsts (and thirds, and fourths) for Seed&Spark. We produced our first VR film. For the first time,… Read More

Seed&Spark Announces Expansion & Launch of Redesigned Website

Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding and distribution ecosystem for filmmakers, announces on Wednesday the expansion of the company with the launch of a new, redesigned version of its website and the addition of four new team members. Just one year of being on the road with their… Read More

Seed&Spark Joins with Tangerine Entertainment to Support Women

Seed&Spark, an indie-film crowdfunding and distribution platform, has signed a partnership with Tangerine Entertainment to boost the shared mission of supporting women film creators. Tangerine is a film production company that focuses on commercially viable films that incorporates women filmmakers and/or strong roles for women… Read More

Seed&Spark’s Emily Best Talks Indie Films & Partnerships With Verizon

Fresh off the announcement of Seed&Spark’s partnership with FiOS TV, founder of the crowdfunding platform, Emily Best sat down with Verizon to shared details about the new collaboration and revealed her thoughts about the always evolving indie film industry. During the interview, Best discussed the platform’s history,… Read More

FiOS TV Partners with Seed&Spark to Grow Its Independent Film Offering

This year’s film awards season showcased the growing appetite and reach for independent films. Beginning in April, Verizon will be the first pay-TV provider to offer FiOS TV customers access to more independent films On Demand as part of a new partnership with the world’s leading… Read More

Seed&Spark Teams Up With Emerging Pictures to Distribute a More Diverse Selection of Films in Local Movie Theaters

Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding and distribution platform made just for independent film, is set to partner with Emerging Pictures, an all-digital film and alternate content network of theaters in the U.S., to extend theatrical distribution to filmmakers who crowdfund on the Seed&Spark platform. Starting in March, both feature… Read More

Seed&Spark Extends Distribution of Independent Films on iTunes

Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding platform made just for independent film, extends its foray into digital distribution, making films available to millions of iTunes customers around the world. Seed&Spark has selected a handful of films to pilot a new distribution program with iTunes. Going forward, films that… Read More

Acclaimed Filmmaker Debra Riley Hits Seed&Spark to Chronicle Untold Story of 18 African American Athletes in 1936 Olympic Games

Atlanta-based Coffee Bluff Pictures is completing production of the highly anticipated documentary Olympic Pride, American Prejudice. History remembers one African American hero, Jesse Owens, from the 1936 Olympics, but this film shines a light on his other 17 accomplished teammates. Set against the strained and… Read More

Seed&Spark Partners With Wemo.io to Launch Content Production Grant to Promote Diversity & Educate Virtual Reality Content Filmmakers

Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding and distribution platform for independent filmmakers and Wemo.io, a virtual reality technology and platform company, today jointly launched a diversity-minded grants program to empower independent filmmakers to become part of the growing virtual reality (VR) industry. During the Sundance Film Festival, Wemo.io… Read More

G-Technology Announces New Partnership With Seed&Spark For Independent Filmmakers

G-Technology, a leader in delivering premium storage solutions, today announced a partnership with Seed&Spark, a community crowdsourcing ecosystem that enables independent filmmakers to fund, promote and distribute their projects. Kicking off at Sundance, the partnership will inspire and educate the Indie filmmaking community through support of… Read More

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