Tagged: film

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 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

February 2, 2014 @ 12:27 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

  AMC has announced that presale tickets for the highly anticipated Veronica Mars feature-length flick will go on sale on February 14th via a page for the film on AMC’s web site. AMC is encouraging those interested in seeing the film to bookmark the page and… Read More

January 26, 2014 @ 3:41 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfunded films were everywhere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Kickstarter alone fielded 20 alumni and Indiegogo chipped in six more. A complete list of Kickstarter-and-Indiegogo-funded entries are available in the following articles… Sundance Film Festival Includes 20 Kickstarter Funded Films for 2014 Indiegogo at… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 10:24 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Rewards-based crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has secured a film distribution deal in partnership with VHX and Yekra. The announcement was made in a recent post to Indiegogo’s blog. Through this new program, filmmakers running crowdfunding campaigns can now rely on Indiegogo to help facilitate a connection… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 10:03 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff’s Kickstarter-funded feature film Wish I Was Here premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last week. Reviews were mixed, of course… And to those who thought Braff was out of line asking for a hand-out, be satisfied in knowing that his second directorial effort — which… Read More

January 21, 2014 @ 1:40 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kung Fury is a campy movie done in classic 80’s over-the-top action style that is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, and the campaign is about to come to an end. Crowdfunding for the film will cease this Sunday, January 25th at about 11 AM EST. Will Kung Fury… Read More

January 18, 2014 @ 1:39 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Veronica Mars is on the comeback trail, and not just because of the forthcoming Kickstarter-funded feature-length film. Producer Rob Thomas has just struck an agreement that will result in a Veronica Mars-themed web spinoff… The CW web series: a comedy featuring @HiRyanHansen attempting to put together… Read More

January 18, 2014 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Happening this weekend is one of the hottest parties in the film industry.  The Sundance Film Festival has become synonymous with independent films.  Founded in 1978 by group of film industry innovators that included film legend, demigod Robert Redford, the event has turned into one… Read More

January 17, 2014 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunded on Kickstarter where the film raised $126,020 on a $100,000 goal this past March, The Square has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. This is the first Academy Award Nomination for creators Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer. The documentary film follows the events… Read More

January 17, 2014 @ 9:24 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Vimeo is putting movie creators on notice. The online streaming video service is looking for films that have raised at least $10,000 in crowdfunding efforts. The goal? To get those movies to grant Vimeo exclusive rights for a set window of time. Vimeo wants to… Read More