Filmmaker Victoria DeMartin was editing her 2013 film “Winter Rye” when she had the first inkling of the idea for…
Why this film? Why you? Why now? Each arm of your crowdfunding campaign—from video, to narrative, to rewards, to backer…
Stamping the MovieMaker seal of approval on each destination in our annual guide to the 50 Film Festivals Worth the…
We’ve all heard the stories. Paranormal Activity, a film with a budget slightly less than a used Honda, made $193…
Give your film away for free, and you’ll make more money than you ever would selling it to distributors or…
Absent from the limelight for over 20 years, the revered visionary, artistic shaman and extreme multi-hyphenate Alejandro Jodorowsky chose to…
Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or completion of a project.…
Is financing an indie film more difficult than ever? There’s so much content out there and so few companies that…
This week’s Crowdfunder Pick is Stuck., a fresh and funny take on personal growth and relationships from award-winning director Jillian…
Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or completion of a project.…
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last seven years, you or someone you know has ventured into…
Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or completion of a project.…
Life in a Walk is football coach-turned-filmmaker Yogi Roth's voyage to understand his personal hero—his father, Will. Funded in part…
Being an independent filmmaker means, in some capacity, being addicted to failure. It means you put yourself out into the…
Twinsters follows Anaïs Bordier and Samantha Futerman, two adoptees living on opposite ends of the earth, who in 2013 discovered their…
Saving Mes Aynak is a film I believed in so deeply I repeatedly risked my life to make it: the story…
Two nurses walk into a bar… No, seriously, we did. And we really did conceive the bones of our documentary,…
The aptly named Dream Downtown Hotel, in the hip meatpacking district of New York City, hosted Winston Baker's 7th Annual…
Even low-budget indie films funded on Kickstarter will have a shot at theatrical distribution. Demand-based theatrical screening organizer, Gathr, is…
This week's Crowdfunder Pick is An American in Texas, a dramatic exploration of youthful rebellion from Texas native Anthony Pedone.…
It is no secret that successfully crowdfunding a film takes a lot of time and dedication. Sometimes it even seems…
Emily Best, founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, explains why crowdfunding is more about the crowd than the funding, especially if you…
John T. Trigonis, Category Marketing Manager of Film, Web and Video at Indiegogo, takes an instructional look at five success…
MovieMaker’s second Trailblazer Tuesday Crowdfunder of the Week is Anomaly, a feature film Kickstarter campaign by Dan DiFelice and Salomon…