Folk the Banks is the first album of Occupation Records, a new record label currently crowdfunded on Sponsume and launched by the Occupy movement.
Folk the Bank features artists such as Ani DiFranco, Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine), Billy Bragg and Sam Duckworth.
Read The Guardian's article on the launch of Occupation Records and campaign here.
Good day Aussie and US Sponsumers!
We have introduced two additional funding currencies to Sponsume: from now on you can raise funds in Australian Dollars or US Dollars.
As before, backers can contribute in any currency (and yes creators can continue to raise funds in Pounds or Euros as before).
So if you're based Down Under or in the States, keep this in mind and please spread the word!
To add your project, go to our Getting Started page and click on "Start a new project". There you will be able to...
Mouse is a new British SciFi short film about a man who finds himself trapped in a giant human experiment where he is only one of a thousand clones of himself.
It is innovative and mysterious but, beyond this, tells an even more intriguing tale of the future.
The future of film financing.
This is the first time I have ever embarked on a crowdfunding campaign and it's already very hard work. Crowdfunding is the principle of gaining a little bit of funding from a lot of people and is born out of the lack of normal funding for Arts projects. Film funding does exist, but there is not a lot to go around (Creative England have tabled no short film funding for 2011/12) and crowdfunding is about being proactive and accessing funds held in your own social networks. It has opened up the possibility for anybody to f*ck the...
We have been invited to discuss crowdfunding at The International Short Film Festival in Leuven (Belgium). If you are around Leuven on December 9th, please come and join us!
The International Short Film Festival Leuven (ISFFL) is in its 16th year and is one of the biggest short film festivals in Belgium, with a programme of about 300 films from 28 countries spread over 140 screenings...
We hope to see you there!
More info here.
Join Soundtrack and BAFTA in Wales for this free panel which will discuss the potential springboards and trapdoors of the crowdfunding concept. Speakers will include Gregory Vincent, CEO of Sponsume, the biggest crowdfunding platform for creative projects in the UK & Europe; Felipe Bustos-Sierra of Debasers Filums, who has successfully led 3 crowdfunding campaigns, 2 of which on Sponsume; and Newport Film School student Nathan Hughes, who recently funded his film ‘The Claw’.
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As part of the 31st Cambridge Film Festival, Gregory Vincent (founder of Sponsume) will take part in a panel discussion on crowdfunding for film makers.
The discussion is part of a half day event on ‘The Price of Storytelling' organised by Creative Front on Wednesday 21st September at Emmanuel College, Cambridge (UK).
Hope to see you there! Click here to book.
Going to the Edinburgh Festival this Summer? Don't miss the following Sponsume-funded shows:
Croft & Pearce (Comedy)
We are Croft & Pearce (Hannah Croft and Fiona Pearce) and we’ve been writing and performing sketch comedy for the past year and a half on the London circuit. We met at school when we were sixteen and quickly realised that we had a lot in common: brown hair, blue eyes, and a beating heart.
Where & When? http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/comedy/croft-and-pearce-funnier-than-it-sounds
BAFTA and Rushes will take over BAFTA HQ for a third year running to present a packed day of discussions, debates and declamations, with all-day screenings, talks and seminars and an industry market featuring top media and film organisations from the UK and beyond.
In association with Shooting People and Sheffield Doc/Fest, Sponsume Founder, Gregory Vincent, and Jennie Paddon, Director of 'Il Maestro', will discuss the ins and outs of crowdfunding.
Founder of the Sponsume tells Ideas Tap about the wisdom of crowds...
Read Ideas Tap's article here.
Le Figaro Madame, one of the most widely read French magazine published an article on Sponsume this week (see their paper edition). They announced in avant-premiere that Sponsume would soon be launching a French-language version... Sponsume en français - pourquoi pas?
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