When it comes to feature filmmaking, Hollywood used to be the only game in town. The Hollywood game is still the highest stakes table at which a player can sit, but there is a lot of alternative action available to indie filmmakers today. Some of that action is happening at the IndieGoGo table.

IndieGoGo, based in Berkeley, CA, and launched in January, 2008, is an online business that matches film projects with contributors who can put up any amount of money they choose for stories and filmmakers they believe in. It was co-founded by Danae Ringelmann, Slava Rubin and Eric Schell, who are seeking to, in their words “democratize film creation.” (more…)