Indie Film Backers Here for independent film
Here for independent film

We love independent film.
We help you get there.

A film you love on a screen right now was paid for by people like you, not by a studio. We built this around that fact: doing the jobs filmmakers can't afford to hire out, and finding the money to pay for them.

I am an indie filmmaker I am an indie film backer
We are
A company. We sell services, at a flat price. Nobody should have to guess that.
We get
Paid a flat price for work we deliver.
Free
Joining, listing, and introductions. Permanently.
Read this before anything else

We're a business. We're not pretending otherwise.

There's a lot of quiet money in independent film, people charging for "access," for introductions, for the chance to pitch. We think that's the most damaging thing in this industry, and we're not doing it.

So here's the whole model. We sell production and marketing services at a flat price. That's what we do, and it's how we earn. No hidden share of anything, no charge for simply talking to us.

One more thing, and it's the useful part: we're built to help filmmakers find the financing to cover the work they hire us for. We don't just sell you a service and wish you luck paying for it.

What that looks like
  • You hire us for a job. Flat fee, defined deliverable, quoted up front.
  • We help you find the money for it. Introductions to people who fund films, and the means to raise it yourself.
  • You keep everything. Your film, your rights, your fundraising. We're not in the middle of it.
What we don't sell
  • Access to money. Ever. If we could sell that, we'd be lying, nobody can.
  • Guaranteed festival selection, distribution, or returns.
  • Anything where what you pay us depends on how much money you raise. That's a broken incentive.

See the full list of things we never do

What we do

The work filmmakers end up doing at 2am.

Every one of these is a job that a bigger film pays an agency or a department for. You either do it yourself, badly, at the end of a long day, or you don't do it, and it costs you the audience.

We don't publish prices (every film is different), but we quote flat and we quote before we start. Full service list.

Available now

Your own funding page A one-page site with the story, the trailer, an email list and a way to give, paying you directly. No platform, no threshold, no campaign that dies on day 31.
Campaign management Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and what comes after. The build, the calendar, the updates, and the follow-through that most campaigns abandon.
Web & email presence Film and filmmaker sites, email marketing, newsletters, and the list you actually own, instead of one you rent from a platform.
Audience & social Social setup, a content calendar, short-form cuts, and staying in front of the people who might fund or watch the next one.
Listing & metadata Getting the film onto IMDb, TMDB, Letterboxd and the databases everything else pulls from. Small, boring, and it decides whether anyone can find you.
Deliverables & release Captions and subtitles, key art to platform spec, press and festival materials, and the submission calendar.

In development

The direction we're building toward. Not for sale yet, we'd rather tell you it's coming than sell you something that isn't there.

Production services Crew, equipment, locations and the departments that micro-budget films cut first.
Distribution & sales support Getting a finished film to streaming, VOD and the festivals worth entering.
Financing & co-production Producing and part-financing films ourselves, once the structure and the legal review are done.
Paid support for members A way for people who want to back what we make to do that, with recognition in the credits.
How it works

Four steps, and one of them is just a form.

We'd rather be slow and honest than fast and vague. Every introduction we make is made by a person who has read what you wrote.

01

Pick your side

Filmmaker or backer. Two minutes, a few questions, an email address. That's the whole signup, and it stays free.

02

A person reads it

Not a matching algorithm. Someone reads what you wrote and works out who you should be talking to.

03

We introduce you

When there's a real fit, we make the introduction and stay in the conversation. Any deal happens directly between you, off our books, and we take nothing from it.

04

And nothing goes quiet

If a filmmaker we introduced to you stops responding, tell us. That's our problem to fix, not yours, and it's the difference between a company that keeps its word and a mailing list.

Start here

Two doors. One form each.

Whether you make films or fund them, the same question applies: what are you working on, and what would unblock it?

I am an indie filmmaker Tell us what you need and what keeps being out of reach. Directors, crew, actors, everyone. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help.

Go to the filmmaker form

I am an indie film backer Money, a space, gear, a skill, your time: tell us what you would bring and what you would want back. Free, and we'll never pitch you.

Go to the backer form