Here’s some good news for Indie filmmakers, from Tubi and Kickstarter. Tubi plan to show a batch of indie filmmakers on their platform, from films with Kickstarter campaigns.
“For Kickstarter, the deal is also an effort to add dimension to the funding, data and fan engagement services that it offers users. The FilmStream Collective Fund is “designed to support final or near-final projects, helping cover critical post-production costs such as editing, sound, marketing, and other finishing expenses,” Kickstarter said in a blog post. Tubi and Kickstarter are touting the chance to offer filmmakers “guaranteed distribution of their film and visibility on a platform where viewers watched more than 10 billion hours in 2024.””
For details, check out the link and let us know what you think. Will you find this helpful for your films? What do you think of this initiative?
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/tubi-kickstarter-fund-distribute-indi...
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I think this is a fantastic idea, Geoff Hall! "As part of the partnership, Tubi will invest in Kickstarter’s newly launched FilmStream Collective Fund, which distributes money to filmmakers active on the platform to help complete films." I see a lot of crowdfunding campaigns get close to reaching their goals, but they aren't able to get the rest of the money through the campaigns for things like post-production costs. And this move gets Tubi and Kickstarter's names out there more.
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They have already been silent partners for years - may as well make it formal!
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Sounds super. I have a road movie film with an unusual twist that would be perfect for Kickstarter. Any ideas how to get started?
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I see people have bought the hype so far. But wait... a FOX/DISNEY sub is taking advantage of CROWDFUNDING to finance films for its platform. Consider what is behind that, because the MPA is not in the business of promoting independent film.
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Shadow Dragu-Mihai, Esq., Ipg so, Shadow, what are your thoughts on what’s behind it?
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This is great news for indie filmmakers. It’s a continual struggle, of course to find funding and get proper distribution. In a lot of scenarios, Filmmakers don’t realize that self distribution, and we shouldn’t even call it that nowadays, because it’s changed so much, it’s just distribution,, is a much better option than going to traditional sales agents. The model has been broken for quite some time. Things like this create more unique opportunities. We need to see more options like this for all of the Indies out there.
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Tony Armer Hi Tony, yes, the model is broken and I agree, we kind of use ‘self-distribution’ to mean something inferior, but it doesn’t have to be that way. How have you been trying to distribute your work?