There’s no higher place to launch a brief movie than on Kickstarter. And there’s no higher time for shorts on Kickstarter than in spring.
That’s as a result of March 2023 sees the return of Lengthy Story Quick, Kickstarter’s annual celebration of brief movies and the visionary individuals who make them. All through the month, we’ll characteristic dwell brief movie initiatives from each style—on the positioning, on social, and in newsletters. We’ll share new assets to assist creators run profitable campaigns, announce contemporary alternatives from business companions, and showcase a few of the excellent filmmaking and filmmakers we’ve labored with over time.
Because the launch of the primary Lengthy Story Quick in 2020 we’ve seen 400 initiatives undergo our yearly open name, producing greater than $4M in pledges. These movies be a part of greater than 8,000 brief movies which were efficiently funded on the platform since our launch 13 years in the past.
Quick movies have all the time discovered success right here. Shorts funded on Kickstarter have been featured at movie festivals (catch Pram Snatcher at this yr’s BFI London Movie Pageant!), launched on DVD and Blu-Ray (like Don Hertzfeldt’s World of Tomorrow), and chosen as Vimeo Employees Picks (take a look at Matthew Puccini’s Lavender). What’s extra, Kickstarter-funded shorts have picked up three Academy Awards: Hair Love gained within the Animated Quick Movie class in 2020, Interval. Finish of Sentence gained within the 2019 Quick Documentary class, and Inocente took dwelling the award within the Quick Documentary class in 2013.
It’s by no means too early to begin planning for Lengthy Story Quick. So, we’re inviting rising and established filmmakers, movie college students, and different enthusiastic cinephiles to begin pondering now about what they need to launch into the world.
Right here’s how one can get entangled with Lengthy Story Quick:
- Create a brief movie challenge on Kickstarter and choose “Shorts” as your subcategory.
- Launch your challenge anytime between March 1 and 31, 2023.
- Learn our guides for ideas and finest practices for working a marketing campaign.
Between now and March 2023, we’ll share assets for short-form filmmakers and announce contemporary alternatives from business companions. Then, in March, we’ll promote shorts in Kickstarter newsletters, all through the positioning, on social media, and extra.
We’re excited to see what you give you!
