[ecrea] Seminar about Crowdfunding at The National Film School of Denmark

It's not about the Money - Danish and international filmmakers share 
their experiences on crowdfunding

Seminar at The National Film School of Denmark Thursday October 11, 2012



Crowdfunding is one of the buzzwords in film financing right now and 
this seminar goes behind the hype to uncover what crowdfunding is all 
about. Is crowdfunding possible in small countries like Denmark? With 
generous public arts funding, does it have something to offer 
Scandinavian filmmakers? Does it only work for documentary films or can 
you crowdfund an art house feature?

And on a practical level, how does crowdfunding work. What are the 
differences between crowdfunding sites and methods? How do you start a 
crowdfunding campaign and succeed in raising finance for your film? 
Through conversations with directors, producers and funders this seminar 
will answer these questions and explore how to use crowdfunding to 
promote your film and build an audience / fan base.

Join Filmskolens Efteruddannelse for a one day seminar about 
crowdfunding, where we will take a 360° look at the possibilities, 
promises and problems of this new way of promoting and funding films.



Programme for the seminar



09:15  Coffee and check-in

09:45 Welcome and introduction

Inge Ejbye Sørensen & Ane Mandrup



10:00 How to start and run a crowdfunding campaign – four cases

Two directors and one Scandinavian director/producer generously share 
their hard-earned experiences of planning and running crowdfunding 
campaigns across four different crowdfunding sites. Two of the campaigns 
failed, the other two reached their goals.



Denmark: Director Kim Lysgaard Andersen on his campaign Book of Horror 
on Indiegogo

Sweden: Director Hanna Sköld on her campaign Granny’s Dancing on the 
table on Facebook and Kickstarter

Denmark/Scotland/Irak: Producer Marie Schmidt Olsen on her campaigns 
Minefield on Kickstarter and Strindberg’s Stronger in Scotland on Sponsume



12:00 Lunch



13:00 Crowdfunding is not about the money - Director Christina Rosendahl 
(DK) in conversation with director Jocelyn Towne (US)

Jocelyn Towne is the director and scriptwriter of I AM I, her first 
feature and her first venture into crowdfunding. I AM I became one of 
the top grossing campaigns on Kickstarter in 2010 / 2011, and Jocelyn 
was listed as one of five indie innovators in 2011 Moviemaker Magazine. 
I AM I is a character driven drama. It is not based on a book and it’s 
not a genre movie – it’s an arthouse film in the same tradition as the 
arthouse film we produce in Denmark and the rest of Europe.



14:30 Coffee



15:00 How can crowdfunding inspire the current film financing and 
distribution system in Denmark

How can crowdfunding work with ‘old’ funding forms – and can it? Panel 
discussion with directors, Danish crowdfunding sites, DFI and Danish 
Distributors.



16:30 Drinks, thanks and goodbyes



The seminar is held Thursday October 11 2012 at The National Film School 
of Denmark.

The Seminar will be held in English.



This seminar is funded by Filmskolens Efteruddannelse, Angel Films, 
Filmkopi, DFI & Instuktørsammenslutningen.



Please read more and apply here: 
http://efu.filmskolen.dk/kursusoversigt/crowdfunding

Any questions? Please don’t hesitate to contact us: 
(efteruddannelsen /at/ filmskolen.dk)







Best regards

Birgitte Christiansen



The National Film School of Denmark

Post Graduate Training Department

Theodor Christensens Plads 1

DK-1437 Copenhagen K

Denmark

Phone:: +45 4171 8890

http://efu.filmskolen.dk/

(efteruddannelsen /at/ filmskolen.dk)





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