Tagged: film

January 26, 2015 @ 2:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This past summer, non-profit organization Moving Train, Inc. launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $100,000 for a new documentary called Batkid Begins. The project quickly gained popularity and by the campaign’s deadline, it raised nearly $110,000 thanks to over 945 backers. As previously… Read More

January 25, 2015 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Film has been a high profile category for the rewards based crowdfunding industry. Both Kickstarter and Indiegogo have experienced several solid successes in the video space. Veronica Mars rocked it on Kickstarter in 2013.  This was an event that put the entire film industry on… Read More

January 17, 2015 @ 10:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only 18 more days until the crowdfunding campaign of their new film Preschooled Preoccupied Preposterous comes to an end, award-winning cinematographer Christopher Doyle and producer Jenny Suen sat down with Kickstarter to share details about his latest project. Doyle wrote on the campaign’s website,… Read More

January 15, 2015 @ 10:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding and digital distribution platform for independent film, will select and award the top two short films at the 2015 Flyway Film Festival in Wisconsin. The two winners will be picked from the top five short films accepted for inclusion in the festival, chosen in… Read More

January 15, 2015 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With his Kickstarter-success Da Sweet Blood of Jesus set to premiere in theaters on February 15th, director Spike Lee sat down with Entertainment Weekly to share details about his new project and its crowdfunding campaign. During the interview, Lee discussed the back story of the film…. Read More

January 13, 2015 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (January 13th), Spike Lee announced that his Kickstarter-success film, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, is now available through Vimeo on Demand. This big news comes just a few weeks before the film’s theatrical release date. As previously reported, Lee hit the global crowdfunding platform to raise $1,250,000 for his… Read More

January 10, 2015 @ 8:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Setting out to get his directorial debut film Hits into theaters, actor and stand-up comedian David Cross has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kicsktarter to raise $100,000. Per its synopsis, Hits is a story about a small town in upstate New York that plays host… Read More

January 8, 2015 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Symbid, one of the first investment crowdfunding platforms worldwide, has launched the campaign for Oscar-winning director Mike van Diem’s long-awaited film, The Surprise in association with A-Film Benelux. A romantic comedy focusing on assisted suicide, it is the first in a series of films to be… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from her successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, co-creators of StyleLikeU and the web series I Am What’s Underneath, Lily Mandelbaum sat down with BUST to share details about the project and today’s body image issues. As previously reported by CrowdfundInsider, I Am What’s… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 4:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Retake, the new gay indie film starring Luke Pasqualino (UK’s Skins, The Borgias) as a male prostitute has been given the greenlight.  Nick Corporon, director of the LGBT festival favorite short film Barbie Boy is directing from his own screenplay, with a story by Corporon, Gareth Dutton, Collin Brazie,… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing to build more excitement for its theatrical release, Spike Lee and the production team for Kickstarter-success Da Sweet Blood of Jesus released the film’s first trailer earlier this week. Last year, Lee hit the global crowdfunding platform to raise $1,250,000 for his new film project, Da… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 8:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gosnell Movie, the film about former Philadelphia abortion doctor and convicted murderer Kermit Gosnell, is making a second appearance on Indiegogo. The movie’s production team announced last week that it will be participating in the  global platform’s forever funding program. As previously reported, Phelim McAleer,… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 5:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, 30-year-old actor, Chris Lowell, who is known for his roles in The Help, and Veronica Mars, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $60,000 for his first directed film, Beside Still Waters. The project not only raised its initial goal, it… Read More

November 24, 2014 @ 4:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to encourage others to accept and express their true selves by ditching the “social norm,” mother-daughter team, Elisa Goodkind and Lily Mandelbaum, have launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise $100,000 for their new film, I Am What’s Underneath.  I Am What’s Underneath is… Read More

November 24, 2014 @ 9:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring a new film to the big screen, Los Angeles director, writer and producer, Nick Corporon, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter earlier this month to raise $75,000 for the LGBT independent movie, Retake. According to its synopsis, Retake revolves around a young male… Read More

November 23, 2014 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Wildly popular Blue Mountain State – The Film, has gone into production according to an update from creator Eric Falconer.  The  film project raised almost $2 million back in May of 2014 capturing the support of 24,000 supporters.  The crowdfunding project on Kickstarter resurrected a… Read More

November 16, 2014 @ 6:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rooster Teeth, a mini – media empire founded in 2003, has been acquired by Fullscreen; a digital media company that describes itself as the “first media company for the connected generation”. Rooster Teeth, is well known for the highly popular series “Red vs. Blue,” “Achievement… Read More

November 8, 2014 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to share her excitement with the world over her crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo reaching its initial $75,000 goal, Power Rangers star Amy Jo Johnson stepped out as the original pink ranger on Friday (November 7th). The campaign, which is for her debut feature film, The Space Between, is about… Read More

November 6, 2014 @ 3:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday (November 5th), former production assistant of The Dark Knight Rises, Lauren Fash, debuted her crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $45,000 for a new film called WoW MoM – A Documentary About Cancer & Gaming. The description of the new documentary reads, “In 2010, Terry Bolt was told… Read More

November 1, 2014 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Black Flash Seeks £3 Million in Equity Crowdfunding Re-do Hoping to Top the £1.6 Million Raised in Previous Round. The film Black Flash launched a successful equity crowdfunding raise earlier this year on CrowdBnk  topping £1.6 million from 11 investors.  Following the crowdfunding round, producers… Read More