Kickstarter, the fund-raising engine for an increasing number of creative projects, is poised to have a breakout winter as a film funder, with three of its projects on documentary short lists for the Academy Awards and more than a dozen films headed to Sundance. Read more »
Tonight Life in a Day, the crowd-sourced documentary culled from over 80,000 submissions, premieres at the Sundance Film Festival — and simultaneously on YouTube. The live stream begins at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, and will be rebroadcast on Jan. 28. Read more »
Ridley Scott is teaming up with YouTube to produce a new crowdsourced video project that aims to capture the lives of millions of users on film. Dubbed Life In a Day, it will feature videos shot by YouTubers around the world on a single day. Read more »
