Iron Sky begins €300,000 crowd-funding marathon
The Finnish/German/Australian co-production Iron Sky will launch a crowd-funding 60-day marathon, aiming to raise €300,000 using six online platforms – Flattr, Interactor, Startnext, Kickstarter, Pozible, Sponsume, IndieGoGo, Rockethub and Verkam.
“There are still some financial hurdles to overcome with post-production. The weather wasn’t kind to us in Australia and Germany, which caused some expenses, and we are still missing a part of our budget. So we had this idea; let’s see what kinds of tools there are available online for crowd-funding and do a proper test on how they work – and raise money at the same time,” said producer Tero Kaukomaa.
The sci-fic comedy has a budget of €7.5m; approximately 500,000 have already been raised from merchandise sales, fan investments, subscriptions to Iron Sky-themed fan services and other sources. The goal is to raise €1m from the audience.
“I’ve been doing crowd-funding for 10 years now, and when we started – still working on my previous film Star Wreck – there were no ready made tools available. Now there is a nice selection of handy online services, but how to choose the right one, the service that works for you? […] We can kill two birds with one stone: raise funds for Iron Sky, and compile a review that will hopefully help those filmmakers who are considering crowd funding,” said director Timo Vuorensola.
Vuorensola will also publish the results of his crowd-funding efforts, to share his experience with filmmakers worldwide.
Progress of the Race to 300k can be followed here: http://www.ironsky.net/therace
Now this will be interesting…I expect they will have to charge a lot more per investor than the silly $1 a frame the Producer for the Tunnel charged…
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This is one the greatest and easiest ways to raise funds for your project. For weather is is just one thousand dollars or several thousands this is just wonderful.
Wish the banks act like this in the U.S.A. They have no common sense.
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