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Discover how filmmakers and movements are raising six figures through grassroots crowdfunding, sidestepping gatekeepers to finance bold, independent features from the ground up.
This session explores how grassroots crowdfunding is transforming the landscape of independent documentary, offering alternative models that bypass traditional gatekeepers and put power directly in the hands of communities. Learn from campaigners and filmmakers who’ve raised six-figure sums through crowdfunding. We will be joined by Dan Edelstyn, the director-producer of Power Station, who raised over £400,000 to release his feature doc; Paul Sng, Director of Tish and Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché; emerging director-producer Ornella Mutoni, and Crowdfunder's Max Upton. They will unpack practical strategies, lessons learned and the deeper politics of civic-funded storytelling. As funding becomes increasingly narrow or risk-averse, this session is a call to arms for bold, people-powered financing and building impact from the get-go and the ground up.
Speakers:
Dan Edelstyn (Director/Producer, Power Station, Bank Job)
Paul Sng (Director, Tish, Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché)
Ornella Muttoni (Director/Producer, The Things We Don’t Say)
Max Upton (Head of Campaigns & Special Projects, Crowdfunder)
Moderator: Charlie Phillips (Producer, Commissioner, Programmer & Consultant)
Supported by Crowdfunder
This session explores how grassroots crowdfunding is transforming the landscape of independent documentary, offering alternative models that bypass traditional gatekeepers and put power directly in the hands of communities. Learn from campaigners and filmmakers who’ve raised six-figure sums through crowdfunding. We will be joined by Dan Edelstyn, the director-producer of Power Station, who raised over £400,000 to release his feature doc; Paul Sng, Director of Tish and Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché; emerging director-producer Ornella Mutoni, and Crowdfunder's Max Upton. They will unpack practical strategies, lessons learned and the deeper politics of civic-funded storytelling. As funding becomes increasingly narrow or risk-averse, this session is a call to arms for bold, people-powered financing and building impact from the get-go and the ground up.
Speakers:
Dan Edelstyn (Director/Producer, Power Station, Bank Job)
Paul Sng (Director, Tish, Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché)
Ornella Muttoni (Director/Producer, The Things We Don’t Say)
Max Upton (Head of Campaigns & Special Projects, Crowdfunder)
Moderator: Charlie Phillips (Producer, Commissioner, Programmer & Consultant)
Supported by Crowdfunder
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