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Australian film festival invites curation from the crowd

Announcement posted by StartSomeGood 24 Jan 2014

Social impact crowdfunding platform StartSomeGood has partnered with Transitions Film Festival and Cinema Nova to launch Cinema By Demand – festival screenings funded and curated through crowdfunding.

Driven by Transitions Film Festival’s ideals of collaboration and innovation and StartSomeGood's model of crowdfunding for social change, Cinema by Demand empowers festival patrons to play a central role in expanding the festival’s program.

“We understand the powerful role that crowdfunding platforms like StartSomeGood will play in creating the new economy,” said Daniel Simons, National Director Transitions Film Festival. “More than just allowing us to expand our festival program, we were excited about simultaneously test-driving and showcasing a technology that has the potential to empower citizens and communities to make the impossible possible.”

Participants in Cinema By Demand vote on a range of films shortlisted for screening by pledging their ticket purchase on StartSomeGood.com. Films that reach their funding targets will be screened, and those that fail to gain enough support will not be shown (and pledges will not be charged). 

StartSomeGood.com founder Tom Dawkins said: “We're excited about the potential for crowdfunding to harness community engagement in driving new models of distribution in film and other creative industries.

“Crowdfunding on a social good-oriented platform reframes the conversation on entertainment media production and distribution to include not just profits and creative expression but also other benefits to society, particularly the education, inspiration and empowerment that can drive social change.”

Cinema Nova’s General Manager Kristian Connelly said the cinema was proud to support the initiative. “Given how important sustainability and the environment is in the modern age, this is a great opportunity for like-minded audiences to have a say in what they feel is a key issue and what they want to see on the big screen,” he added.

Participants can vote on the shortlisted films at: http://www.transitionsfilmfestival.com/cinema-by-demand/

Voting will close close 10 February, and screenings will take place at Cinema Nova on 22 and 23 February. The Transitions Film Festival runs from 15-23 February. Full programme information is available at: http://www.transitionsfilmfestival.com/

Interviews are available with Daniel Simons from Transitions Film Festival and Tom Dawkins from StartSomeGood.

About StartSomeGood
StartSomeGood is the crowdfunding platform for social impact projects, generating funding for social enterprises, non-profits and individual changemakers in Australia and around the world. 

For more StartSomeGood success stories visit http://www.startsomegood.com/stories

About Transitions Film Festival 
http://www.transitionsfilmfestival.com/
TheTransitions Film Festival is Australia’s  largest  solutions-focused sustainability film festival. The festival showcases powerful, inspiring  and  ground-breaking films and forums on topics of sustainable  living. The  festival  hopes  to  share  and  inspire  the  change needed to create true social and environmental sustainability.

Media Contacts

Karen Gould
Communications Manager
StartSomeGood
0413 282 361
karen@startsomegood.com
Tom Dawkins
CEO and Co-founder, StartSomeGood
tom@startsomegood.com

Daniel Simons
National Director 
Transitions Film Festival
danielis@transitionsfilmfestival.com