Tagged: film

May 9, 2014 @ 5:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pitching funding for a full-length version of Bloody Cuts Film‘s “Don’t Move,” a man by the name of “Ron Forbes” started a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo earlier this week to raise funds for the production. Unfortunately, the project along with its apparent “creator” has been proclaimed… Read More

May 9, 2014 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

With 4 days left in their crowdfunding campaign on Indieogo, the Gosnell Movie has surpassed their $2.1 million goal confirm it as the most funded, successful campaign, on Indiegogo ever.  The campaign was launched on March 28th and is scheduled to close next week on… Read More

May 8, 2014 @ 4:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Film About Kermit Gosnell Stands to be the Most Successful Crowdfunding Campaign Ever on Indiegogo The crowdfunding campaign for the movie about “America’s biggest serial killer” Kermit Gosnell has surpassed the $2 million amount crowdfunding on Indiegogo.  In the final stretch of the campaign, the… Read More

May 7, 2014 @ 10:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

With just 7 days remaining in the Blue Mountain State – “The Movie” crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter the project is still shy of the $1.5 million goal.  Contributions continue to roll in but the campaign needs to raise about $30,000 a day during the next… Read More

May 6, 2014 @ 6:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

indieFilmFunding.com (iFF), a crowdfunding platform exclusively based in indie film genre, announced on Tuesday its site has officially been launched to the public. Coinciding with the website’s launch, the company released its first theatrical film project to be featured on iFF site called “The Big Finish.” The… Read More

May 6, 2014 @ 7:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

    Setting out to share a special story about survival and motivation, first-time director Sara Bordo launched a brand new campaign on Kickstarter titled “The Lizzie Project.” The official documentary is based on 25-year-old Lizzie Velasquez, the breakout speaker of the YouTube video “How… Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 2:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Gearing up for the 2014 Kickstarter Film Festival, the crowdfunding platform giant announced its ready to accept submissions for the New York-based fest that’s happening this summer.  Features, shorts animations, documentaries, restoration, webisodes, music videos and so much more will take the stage in… Read More

May 4, 2014 @ 9:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blue Mountain State (BMS) movie, now one of the most successful crowdfunded films on Kickstarter ever, keeps pushing forward with over a week to go in the crowdfunding campaign.  The goal is to raise $1.5 million by May 15 and with over $1.1 million committed… Read More

May 2, 2014 @ 4:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing to be a huge hit on Kickstarter, “Blue Mountain State” has raised $1,019,485 with 11,914 backers. Star of the show Alan Ritchson along with the creators Chris Romano and Eric Falconer launched the campaign to bring the show back to live in a brand… Read More

April 30, 2014 @ 3:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dealing with some drama surrounding a famous Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, controversial Chinese actor Ai Weiwei is reportedly locked into a little bit of a spat with director  Jason Wishnow over the independent film “The Sandstorm,” a ten-minute movie about a smoggy, futuristic China where water… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 2:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo has published another crowdfunding guide, this time they are tackling the film and video category.  While Indiegogo does not share their results – crowdfunding films has become one of the hottest and most visible segments of the rewards based crowdfunding industry. The document is… Read More

April 22, 2014 @ 5:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lending his hand to help the film industry, Ben Affleck signed on to appear in the film “LADDIE.” The documentary made headlines earlier this month when it announced the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. It is an “exclusive look at the most influential… Read More

April 22, 2014 @ 1:10 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

In its concurrent fourth tranche of funding in past two years, Dealflicks has raised $750,000, with roughly $150,000 of it coming from Wefunder so far, bringing their total raise for their cumulative seed round up to $1,545,000. In past tranches, Dealflicks raised $115K in September… Read More

April 21, 2014 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Calling all Filmmakers! Are you preparing your next Indiegogo film campaign? Receive the inside scoop about how to set it up for success! We’re hosting an Indiegogo Lab to share best practices around a campaign’s perks, pitch, and promotion. Our Campaign Specialists have reviewed and… Read More

April 20, 2014 @ 1:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Gosnell Movie crowdfunding on Indiegogo, that caused some controversy as allegations of censorship arose as the film moved from Kickstarter to Indiegogo, has now passed the $1 million mark charting a course to their $2.1 million goal.  Over 11,000 backers have contributed to the… Read More

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 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 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