The Indie Maverick website is rather ugly but the concept shows the right way for the future of movie financing. Filmmakers can present their project on the site and users can buy shares starting from 25$. As long as the aspired budget is not raised the investors can pull out the money, but when the estimated budget is reached, the film gets produced. Read the details here.
“Here at Indie Maverick we recognize that the costs of making films are dropping thanks to new technologies, but there are few avenues for filmmakers to raise their budgets other than hit up family and friends for their $50,000 budget.
We thought we would design a site that brought the funds of the world community to these filmmakers to help them get their films made and allow small investors the ability to share in the profits. Films like Clerks and Blair Witch were made for tiny budgets and made huge profits at the box office.
If Indie Maverick can help the next generation of filmmakers realise their films and can make some money for investors then we have succeeded.”