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The worlds of gaming and VR and the writings Philip K. Dick, Douglas Rushkoff and Harlan Ellison collide in the…
Despite attempting to live a normal college life, Lisa is haunted by something abnormal that keeps holding her back, in…
Mission—Moviemaking: How a Group of Military Veterans Raised $1 Mil. on Indiegogo to Make Range 15
A zombie apocalypse movie that was being done almost entirely by veterans. The more I learned about Range 15, the…
In 20 Weeks, a Los Angeles couple must decide whether or not to move forward with their pregnancy after their…
In Writer Rider, disgraced political journalist Jess Whitmore uncovers a web of lies, twisted politics, shadowy power brokers and surprise…
Lawyers and financiers are all of the unanimous opinion that equity crowdfunding, as applied to independent filmmaking, sucks. Why?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last seven years, you or someone you know has ventured into…
Life in a Walk is football coach-turned-filmmaker Yogi Roth's voyage to understand his personal hero—his father, Will.
Crowdfunding is the great leveller of the playing field. Without it, the same people decide again and again what movies…
After spending several years in Taliban country for his film Saving Mes Aynak, Brent Huffman hopes to bring more attention…
Campaigning now on Indiegogo, An Honest Thief, is an indie heist film starring and produced by acting veteran Tom Sizemore,…
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, A Better You, is about a hypnotherapist that can cure his patients but can’t seem to get…
In the second dispatch of his Sundance 2014 diary, MovieMaker correspondent Jeff Meyers talks Locke, international distribution strategy and a…
The ninth edition of the Film Independent Forum, put on by Los Angeles-based nonprofit Film Independent, took place October 25-27,…
Emily Best, founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, explains why knowing how to crowdfund is more about the crowd than the…
Our Crowdfunder of the Week is They Returned, the sixth feature film from musician/filmmaker Ivan Noel. Like Noel’s earlier work,…
At a panel at the USC School of Cinematic Arts this June, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas sounded a death…
This week on MovieMaker, crowdfunding authority John T. Trigonis, Category Marketing Manager of Film, Web and Video at Indiegogo, takes…
MovieMaker Magazine is looking for crowdfunding campaign submissions for our new web article series, MovieMaker’s Trailblazer Tuesday. Kickstarter Indiegogo
Crowdfunding is a great way to get word out about your project, test your marketing concept and hone your skills…
On February 20 of this year, 75 days after launching their beta site, Seed&Spark—one of the most innovative crowdfunding platforms
You can't rely on the novelty of crowdfunding to generate interest and money for your project. You need a story…