Tagged: movies

August 28, 2013 @ 1:48 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

BOOM or DOOM is a documentary currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter that aims to put an interesting spin on the crowdfunded documentary model. See, project creators Sean and Alan plan on using Kickstarter to raise funds for an upcoming party game, entitled Two Rooms and a Broom…. Read More

August 17, 2013 @ 5:33 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

We previously reported on Citizen Koch, a documentary aiming to explore the interplay between money and politics in the United States. In order to stake a claim to a digital copy of the upcoming film, backers had to pony up $75. Backer Nick Guillaume expressed his… Read More

August 17, 2013 @ 11:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee can start celebrating. He just surpassed a $1.25 million goal on Kickstarter for his new film, which as of now is still shrouded in a bit of mystery. It’s about love and it’s about blood, but in the words of Lee “The reason… Read More

August 13, 2013 @ 12:37 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Despite being razzed by Trish Regan on live TV and catching flack from others, Spike Lee has successfully raised over $1 million on Kickstarter for his new film. His campaign seems on track to hit his $1.25 million goal by the time the campaign ends in… Read More

August 6, 2013 @ 11:40 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee is making headlines again regarding his currently-running campaign on Kickstarter. Yesterday he was interviewed by BET and one of the subjects at hand was his recent tiff with CNBC pundit Trish Regan, who led an interview with Lee by alluding to criticisms he… Read More

August 3, 2013 @ 8:52 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee has a high-profile Kickstarter campaign for his new film and the campaign has just crossed $500,000 of funding with a little over two weeks to go. As is often the case with celebrities on Kickstarter, Lee has carried the torch for crowdfunding and… Read More

July 30, 2013 @ 11:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Screenrant recently followed up on an appearance by Keving Heffernan and Steve Lemme on the Bertcast podcast. On it they discussed a current deal on the table with Fox to produce a sequel to the campy cult classic Super Troopers. From the article… The deal basically puts… Read More

July 29, 2013 @ 10:14 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A documentary about the interplay of private funds and politics is approaching $150,000 in funding, which would double the original goal of $75,000. We first reported on Citizen Koch earlier this month when the campaign had just surpassed the stated goal. Kickstarter has stepped in as a… Read More

July 23, 2013 @ 9:16 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee has launched a crowdfunding campaign in an attempt to fund a new movie about “human beings who are addicted to blood.” on Kickstarter. He has set a goal of $1.25 million in 30 days. Nothing in Life is Free and if you want… Read More

July 8, 2013 @ 10:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This release was submitted to Crowdfund Insider and republished in its entirety. Scott Conditt is an Arizona-based filmmaker launching a documentary about Kickstarter project creators. A project titled “Kickstarted: Documenting the Crowdfunding Revolution” recently received funding through the premiere crowd-funding entity itself, Kickstarter.com. Indie-film and crowd-funding enthusiast… Read More

July 1, 2013 @ 1:20 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff has made TheWrap.com’s list of 12 people who are changing Hollywood for his noted “Wish I Was Here” Kickstarter campaign. That guy started an internet feeding frenzy earlier this year when he decided to crowdfund a follow-up called “Wish I Was Here” at… Read More

June 28, 2013 @ 9:11 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Center for Independent Documentary has chosen Mimoona as the service provider for their new documentary-focused crowdfunding platform. Mimoona is one of a number of white-label crowdfunding platforms that enable entrepreneurs to launch a crowdfunding platform quickly and easily. Mimoona takes 2.5% of total funds raised… Read More

June 26, 2013 @ 4:41 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

UPDATE: Funding successful! The documentary was fully funded overnight and the project is a go. Kickstarted, the Kickstarter documentary crowdfunding on Kickstarter, is teetering on the edge of missing a funding goal with less than 24 hours left in the campaign. We first reported on… Read More

June 6, 2013 @ 4:21 pm By Variety  |  

Kickstarter has leveled the playing field for artists in need of funding. But the influx of pros like Zach Braff has many wondering how crowdfunding will be transformed by showbiz (and vice versa). Over the past four years, Kickstarter has earned a reputation as the place where creators… Read More

June 5, 2013 @ 9:10 pm By The Impaler Speaks  |  

Hybrid Vigor stirred the imaginations of film-lovers and crowdfunders the world over in the summer of 2012 with a Kickstarter campaign for the ages and a nod as Indiewire’s Project Of The Week. Filming is underway and on schedule. The Impaler Speaks has featured two previous interviews with creator Brandon Fowler, which… Read More

June 4, 2013 @ 8:58 am By ReadScreen  |  

Project: Linsanity  Funding goal: US$117,000 Amount raised: $167,916 Kickstarter backers: 2,102 Key takeaway: Have a plan and identify potential “super fans” “Plan, plan, plan” is the main piece of advice coming from Linsanity producer Allen Lu, who oversaw the Kickstarter campaign for the Sundance documentary selection which tracked Asian-American basketball star Jeremy… Read More

June 2, 2013 @ 11:15 am By Real Screen  |  

Project: Inocente Funding goal: US$50,000 Amount raised: $52,527 Kickstarter backers: 294 Key takeaway: Know how much you need Husband and wife directorial team Sean Fine (pictured above, right) and Andrea Nix Fine (left) were in post-production on their 39-minute doc Inocente when they decided to turn to Kickstarter for help. The film… Read More

May 28, 2013 @ 12:00 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kickstarted is the first documentary feature about the crowdfunding revolution that tells the inspiring and dramatic stories of the artists, makers and entrepreneurs who are harnessing the crowd to achieve the impossible. Jason Cooper and Jay Armitage have launched a Kickstarter campaign for their documentary about… Read More

May 22, 2013 @ 10:06 pm By LA Times  |  

‘Blue Ruin’ and ‘The Opportunist’ were admitted to the festival, bringing their respective teams of young American filmmakers to the Riviera (on the cheap-ish). A few months ago, Jeremy Saulnier had risen early for a flight to Cleveland when he saw a message in his… Read More

May 22, 2013 @ 7:49 am By Film School Rejects  |  

Recently, the act of donating to or promoting a Kickstarter campaign has become a highly politicized and moralized one for movie fans, an act brimming with questions, crises, and conundrums about systemic economic disadvantages normalized by dominant industries of filmmaking. Suspicion has been directed in droves toward… Read More