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  • Movie News

I Spent a Decade Trying to Finish My Film Up Country — But I Did

Lucas McNeilly is a Waldoboro, Maine-based filmmaker who is currently crowdfunding his new film, Maine Noir, after a frustrating decade…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Indie Film Mistakes; Words from The Rock; UK Studios Reopen

In today's movie news: A group of filmmakers share the inside dirt on how to get your movie made without…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Launches Seed&Spark-Powered Online Film Festival

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, which champions emerging filmmakers, is holding its monthly film festival online this month in coordination with the…

4 years ago
  • Directing

Make Out Party: You Are Cordially Invited to Say “Fuck You” to the System

There is a mainstream to independent cinema just as much as there is in Hollywood. A small budget doesn’t automatically…

7 years ago
  • Winter 2016

Listen and Learn: Five Essential Podcasts to Augment Your Movie Education

What if, when you’re stuck in traffic, instead of listening to Adele’s “Hello” for the thousandth time, you could be…

8 years ago
  • Crowdfunder Pick

Crowdfunder Pick: The Carnival

Crowdfunding has become an invaluable tool for the indie filmmaker seeking funds for the start or completion of a project.…

8 years ago
  • Crowdfunder Pick

Crowdfunder Pick: Black Hat

Our Crowdfunder Pick of the Week highlights Robbie Bryan’s new Seed&Spark-backed project, Black Hat, which pushes its strong anti-bullying message…

10 years ago
  • Articles
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Trailblazer Tuesday Crowdfunder of the Week: Click Here: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving Movies by Nicole Malek

Click Here, director Pete Chatmon’s sophomore project, is a crowdfunding campaign right up our alley: made by film lovers (evident…

11 years ago
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  • MM Guide 2013
  • Producing

How to Crowdfund, Really: An Actionable Timeline

Emily Best, founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, explains why crowdfunding is more about the crowd than the funding, especially if you…

11 years ago
  • Articles
  • blog-test

Trailblazer Tuesday Crowdfunder of the Week: Eveningstar Cinema by Haven Goldstein and Alexandra Eide

This week MovieMaker is mixing things up with a theater project from Seed&Spark. Instead of spotlighting a film, we're shifting…

11 years ago
  • Crowdfunder Pick

Crowdfunder of the Week: The Dog

MovieMaker’s Crowdfunder of the Week is The Dog, a fascinating documentary on John Wojtowicz, the real-life bank robber who inspired…

11 years ago
  • Articles - Producing
  • DIY

Accepting Applications: Dogfish, the world’s first film production accelerator

Back in 2005, Paul Graham and Trevor Blackwell, two tech pioneers who'd made fortunes in Silicon Valley, founded a company…

11 years ago
  • Articles - Distribution
  • blog-test

Farm-to-Table Crowdfunding: Seed&Spark helps fund and distribute independent films by James Kaelan

On February 20 of this year, 75 days after launching their beta site, Seed&Spark—one of the most innovative crowdfunding platforms…

11 years ago