Crowdfunding

We are crazy as usual, but if it isn’t “POPCult” its Subbuteo, you tell us… ( Bologna, Il Fatto quotidiano a local daily newspaper )

We tested crowdfunding with three projects. Of course, it wasn’t easy, but our efforts in all three cases, were successfully rewarded. We were extremely interested to find out the full potential of this new tool, and to see how it could really work within the financial system and production of our film projects.

We have discovered that crowdfunding is a viable alternative production model. It allows not only economic support of a project, but it also enables the spectators to recognize together via the process, the qualities and values that characterize the very project.

The introduction

We had three very different documentaries in production, but they shared a common denominator: they all had the potential to engage a wide audience; without boundaries or barriers.
Yes..ok…our intuition was spot on, but the way to get the results has been long and difficult! But also fun…

The idea

Despite the risks in terms of time and financial investment, we were willing to believe that this potential audience would sustain us. Why? First of all, because they were moved by certain passions of which you cannot help but be…

We were, in fact, convinced that people from extraordinary worlds: like the game of tabletop football in the first project or motorcycling in the second example; or the fight against fascism in the third, could actively participate in the production process of documentary films in which they felt directly protagonists. Especially as the projects were dedicated to their (and our!) deepest passions.

The dynamics of sharing, reveal a result: that the only common goal is to optimize every effort to really make a dream realized; by a project supported by passion and with strong conviction.

The crowdfunding challenge

In all three cases, we carried out and successfully concluded crowdfunding campaigns that we were entirely involved in. We felt it appropriate and necessary to act in person with a great deal of planning, creativity, strategy and a good dose of improvisation both before, during and after financing.

So, for us it wasn’t just the task to complete the normal campaign of “fundraising”, but production operations were much more complex:

We deployed and fielded unprecedented economic engagements
We maintained good relations with every single lender, with information, support both on and offline, and we created contests aimed and built around an activity of involvement and full participation, never seen before
We reached not only the public that already existed, but we were also able to intercept an audience that would never have thought to be interested in certain subjects …

We strongly believe in: teamwork, in the synergies that can be directly created by a passionate public, just like us, and we achieved our dream! All together.

OUR CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN

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Crowdfunding

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