Hello! My name is Klara and I'm co-producing "The Silent Enemy " documentary film about women and transgender men suffering from endometriosis. We are looking for best ways for crowdfunding /financing options. We have an award winning team of directors and cinematographers. We would appreciate best options for such topic! Thank you in advance :)
Financing / Crowdfunding : Financing advice for our documentary film about endometriosis by Klara Landrat
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Here are some resources. (Documentary.org, ITVS.org, Filmdaily.TV, Stage 32, PBS.org)
Thank you Tasha :)
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This documentary.org article is from a few years ago but should still be informative and helpful. Documentary funding is a little different from financing other types of films, heavier on grant applications and collaborations with supporting organizations. For example, my firm worked on a co-production agreement between an environmental NGO and a production company for a doc about salmon conservation. A documentary can be a valuable tool for building awareness of issues that non-profit organizations are dedicated to advancing. There should be a lot of interest to work with for at least part of a production budget. Good luck!
Hi Dan. You would think! Unfortunately - none and absolutely none of the "Endometriosis foundations" in the US or U.K. were even slightly interested in co-financing even parts of the film. Which to me is not just disturbing, but appalling. Grant applications and individual investors seems like a good option in addition to the afore mentioned ideas for funding. Thank you however for your insight !
That’s a nasty disease that deserves a documentary. For these types of social issues, GoFundMe and Kickstarter yeld the best results.
if you are US based / citizen whatever check itvs funding oper circa 350,000usd
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Klaus I think charities find fundraising hard too and at thd beginning of the year will have set targets that they need to raise money for…. Your film does not come into it. Also if any film maker is realistic what guarantee has any charity that your film will be good, reliable, of quality etc. I think it’s easier to ask if they will endorse it and you have to send the whole script to them or outline for approval as I’ve done this on teen suicide. Then they might attach their name and you get cudos for that plus they might advertise your crowdfund on their social media pages. But here again they, the charity have no guarantee you will raise the funds and make the film. So maybe if this is your first doc it’s harder. I’m not saying charities don’t ever get involved but that route is a hard one.
So where do most doc makers get funds? From grants and crowdfunds. Crowdfunds are not just a matter of sharing posts but you need a team of associate producers to spread the reach and responsibility. So ask now for 10 associate producers to whom you give a contract that if they get £500 (you set the goal) through the crowdfund they get an IMDb credit, credit on the film etc. They write in advance by email to 50 friends asking for money for the cause. If no donations they follow up on day 3, 7, 11 and end of campaign. They have to be able to push for you, so shy people who can’t ask and ask again are no good. You write a great campaign page. You need to get 30% of your target in the first 3 days. This maximises your success and so on. It’s a lot of hard work. There’s more to it but it’s not just an easy ask. Good Luck. Nothing about getting funding for any film is easy.