Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or completion of a project. And here at MovieMaker, we applaud...
Life in a Walk is football coach-turned-filmmaker Yogi Roth’s voyage to understand his personal hero—his father, Will. Funded in part by Indiegogo, the documentary, Roth’s...
Being an independent filmmaker means, in some capacity, being addicted to failure. It means you put yourself out into the world, time and time again,...
Twinsters follows Anaïs Bordier and Samantha Futerman, two adoptees living on opposite ends of the earth, who in 2013 discovered their strikingly similar appearances through YouTube....
Saving Mes Aynak is a film I believed in so deeply I repeatedly risked my life to make it: the story of a true-life Afghan Indiana...
Two nurses walk into a bar… No, seriously, we did. And we really did conceive the bones of our documentary, The Milky Way, right there...
The aptly named Dream Downtown Hotel, in the hip meatpacking district of New York City, hosted Winston Baker’s 7th Annual Film Finance Forum East on...
Even low-budget indie films funded on Kickstarter will have a shot at theatrical distribution. Demand-based theatrical screening organizer, Gathr, is specifically targeting crowd-funded films via...
This week’s Crowdfunder Pick is An American in Texas, a dramatic exploration of youthful rebellion from Texas native Anthony Pedone. Anthony Pedone is a moviemaker...
It is no secret that successfully crowdfunding a film takes a lot of time and dedication. Sometimes it even seems impossible. But one of our...