Tagged: film

January 9, 2013 @ 6:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seed&Spark unites filmmakers and audiences with a crowdfunding platform for independent film New York, NY – Seed&Spark is calling early adopters to submit their film projects for the next round of Seed&Spark crowdfunding campaigns. Seed&Spark unites filmmakers and audiences from pitch to premiere with a… Read More

January 8, 2013 @ 1:17 am By IndieWire  |  

As the number crunchers at Kickstarter point out on their recent blog entry looking back at the three-and-a-half year old company’s fundraising successes, the $100 million it has raised is the equivalent of just one bombastic Hollywood production. But the fact that independent filmmakers have raised these… Read More

January 7, 2013 @ 7:26 pm By SacramentoPress  |  

Historically, pursuing a film career was the same as chasing the rock star dream: only a few out of every several hundred thousand dreamers got to be stars. Local filmmaker Rick Gott recently told SacTV.com, “the film industry has been set up over the last fifty… Read More

January 3, 2013 @ 3:29 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kickstarter just posted to their blog that they’ve officially raised $100 million in funding for independent films. Here are 10 quick facts from the post: $102.7 million pledged in total $85.7 million collected Almost 900,000 backers Over 8,500 funded projects Documentaries were the most funded… Read More

December 26, 2012 @ 6:13 pm By CFI Editor  |  

I was just reviewing the Kickstarter numbers which they put together in an excellent section of their site called, appropriately, Kickstarter Stats.  These are some pretty impressive crowdfunding numbers.  I was curious as to how they have done in years prior so I looked at… Read More

December 24, 2012 @ 4:23 am By Forbes India  |  

Around 1.3 billion tickets were sold in North America in 2011; that is about the same number of tickets sold a decade ago. This is because the upswing in mobile and tablet usage, and the popularity of streaming services like Netflix and Hulu, have increased… Read More

December 12, 2012 @ 2:58 pm By Bryce J. Renninger, Indiewire  |  

When Indiewire went to its film festival programmers to ask what they wanted filmmakers to know about how programmers use crowdfunding sites, they all wanted to make one thing clear:  programmers make sure that every film that passes over their desks gets seen by someone,… Read More

December 12, 2012 @ 1:55 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

As an investor, where can you get more info on the prospects of investing in film? EarlyShares will release their own educational site soon. @crowdfundinside EarlyShares.com & soon @earlyshares University will have courses to explain the process #CrowdFilmChat #Crowdfilmchat — EarlyShares (@EarlyShares) December 12, 2012… Read More

December 10, 2012 @ 6:02 am By Screen Daily  |  

Christmas has come early this year for Germany’s producers as national and regional funds paid out a total of more than €12m production support to such filmmakers as Fatih Akin, Feo Aladag, Rosa von Praunheim and Simon Verhoeven in their last funding sessions for 2012…. Read More

December 7, 2012 @ 1:07 am By The Hollywood Reporter  |  

COLOGNE, Germany – The German version of BBC’s cringe comedy The Office will go where Ricky Gervais‘ clueless manager David Brent could never have imagined: onto the big screen. A feature film take on Stromberg, the German version of the fly-on-the-wall office sitcom created by… Read More

December 4, 2012 @ 3:48 am By JD Alois  |  

EarlyShares, America’s premier Equity Based Crowdfunding platform, announced today the formation of a strategic partnership with Five by Five Media, Inc., the West Hollywood production company with five TV series set to air in 2013 and a slate of 12 feature films. EarlyShares will allow… Read More

November 24, 2012 @ 8:35 am By Pune Mirror  |  

Scores of people are investing money to bring to life onscreen the story of six-year-old Chuskit who becomes a paraplegic after a fall. Crowd funding is the way to go, say independent filmmakers who want to retain their creative integrity. Chuskit is six years old… Read More

November 23, 2012 @ 9:37 pm By Filmbiz  |  

Crowd funding is expected to grow rapidly as a means of funding indie film in India. Delegates at Film Bazaar in Goa were this week repeatedly told of the tantalising opportunities that beckon. A “Knowledge Series” seminar, also made sure that film makers were aware… Read More

November 21, 2012 @ 2:58 am By The Moscow Times  |  

Independent American film director Gary Huswit spoke to a packed audience at the Polytechnic Institute on Monday about “crowdfunding,” the Internet phenomenon that is revolutionizing the media industry. Huswit used crowdfunding to finance his documentary films (“Helvetica,” “Objectified” and “Urbanized”) on design that were shown Monday and Tuesday in Moscow. Crowdfunding is the collective effort of individuals… Read More

November 21, 2012 @ 1:51 am By Stuff  |  

When New Zealand’s Screen Production And Development Association (Spada) was created in 1992, medical soap Shortland Street had just hit television screens, Jane Campion’s film The Piano was in production and Sir Peter Jackson was still in his splatter period. During the last two decades,… Read More

November 5, 2012 @ 3:57 am By JD Alois  |  

JuntoBox Films, a social platform that seeks to connect films, fans and funding, is joining forces with the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to help filmmakers looking to get their projects made, the companies told TheWrap on Sunday. The partnership with Indiegogo, which was to be announced… Read More

November 2, 2012 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

In the entertainment industry there used to be just a few options for independent or nonprofit filmmakers wanting to showcase their work to the general public. YouTube began to change all of that in a few short years. But the missing element to really drive… Read More

November 1, 2012 @ 9:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

When we last left off, the production of our short film, “Sunburn,” had capsized after being kicked out of our first location (not our fault!). In spite of our bad luck and thanks to the kindness of Sasha Eden, who plays one of the “Housewives”… Read More

October 30, 2012 @ 8:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Filmmaker Jennifer Martucci, 22, draws inspiration from disparate sources — “The Lord of the Rings” film series and the crisp dialogue of “The West Wing” and “The Newsroom” scribe Aaron Sorkin, for starters. Martucci grew up in the Issaquah area and recently graduated from the… Read More

October 30, 2012 @ 2:22 am By JD Alois  |  

(Staff Translation) I have specialized in the new financing solutions and donations. Within this context, last year, alongside the Spanish production crew “Riot Cinema Collective” I participated in the making of the science fiction movie El Cosmonauta. Before this, I never gaged the similarities that… Read More