Funding your Indie Film with Crowdfunding — Indie Filmmaking: Truth & Reality
Indie Filmmaking: Truth & Reality

Funding your Indie Film with Crowdfunding

May 14, 2025 · 26 min

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Learn exactly how to fund your indie film through crowdfunding, even before you shoot a single frame.

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In this episode

  • How to structure donation levels with rewards that motivate backers
  • How to pitch a crowdfunding campaign without any existing footage
  • The difference between crowdfunding donations and equity funding
  • Practical steps to attract real financial support for your film

About this episode

In this episode, Jeff Deverett dives into crowdfunding and equity funding for your indie film project. He shares valuable insights on how to get donations and the importance of offering rewards for different donation levels. Jeff also explains how to effectively pitch your campaign, even without having any footage of your film.

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Indie Filmmaking: Truth & Reality

About Indie Filmmaking: Truth & Reality

Jeff Deverett

Film school taught you how to make a movie—this show teaches you how to get it financed and distributed. In bite-sized 20-minute episodes, filmmaker and distribution expert Jeff Deverett gives you the real-world advice film schools leave out.

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