Film Funding & Financing

Kickstarter and Two Pet Projects

I've been following Happy: The Movie by the Academy Award Nominees for Genghis Blues and A Long Night's Journey into Day. As of last month they had 377 backers and had reached their fundraising goal of $33,000 (actually raised $36,238)! Check out Roco Belic's newest film here

Chicken and Egg Announces Grants for Women's Docs

Melissa Silverstein posted this on her blog,Women And Hollywood on August 3, 2010.

Paley Doc Fest Pitch Contest $5,000 Grant

The PaleyDocFest Pitch Contest offers a $5,000 grant, sponsored by SnagFilms, for an unfinished or work-in-progress documentary from an emerging filmmaker. The Paley Center for Media is using this contest, now in its seventh year, to choose five finalists who will pitch their unfinished films to a p...

Pusan fest unveils Asian Cinema Fund recipients

Another innovation inaugurated during the tenure of KIM Dong-Ho, the retiring head of the Pusan International Film Festival are the Asian Cinema Fund Awards which were announced in July by the Pusan Film Festival. In addition to the Fund's awards, a $8,300 award is made to Asian Film Academy gradua...

Producers to Watch: Phoenix Flies to Beijing

Happy The Movie and Kickstarter's Crowdsourcing

The latest news from Kickstarter, July 8, 2010:

DIY Happy: The movie

I put myself on an email alert from Kickstarter and just got this news in:

Global Film Initiative Call for Grant Applications

DIY Days NYC

DIYDays NYC – Noah Harlan: How to build a mobile app [vid]