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.
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Geraldine (added: 31 May '08) |
| filmmaker: Sebati Mafate |
genre: thriller |
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Ambition is made of sterner stuff, but he took his too far!!!
Raymond Pata, is an immigrant from Haiti, and also the leader of a starving band in Los Angeles. He is a smooth talker, ambitious, and has looks that can charm almost anyone, but unbeknownst to everyone, even those close to him like the members of his band, Raymond Pata has a dark side to him. He is a serial killer who targets young beautiful women, and sacrifices them using voodoo to the gods with the hope that they (the gods) will grant him wealth, power, and prosperity beyond his wildest dreams, and he will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. What's worse is that the authorities have absolutely no clue as to who is behind these ritual killings; this is until a mysterious woman, Geraldine, suddenly appears in Raymond's life.
Raymond is instantly attracted to this beautiful and mysterious woman to a point that he becomes obsessed with her, but Geraldine is not who she seems to be, not even close. She is a ghost who has come back to torment the man who brutally killed her two years earlier, and the killer was Raymond Pata.
Please visit the official website at www.geraldinemovie.com and on IMDB at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320256/
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| target fund: $150,000 raised: $20,050 |
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13.36% funded |
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Shadow Seeker (added: 23 Jan '08) |
| filmmaker: Frank Zanca |
genre: mystery |
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www.ShadowSeekerMovie.com
When the F.B.I. investigates a vague phone call informing them about a kidnapping occurring at a deserted warehouse, they arrive to discover five dead bodies. The head investigator, calls in Devon Chase and his partner, to assist in determining the events that previously occurred that evening. Upon their arrival they are quickly met with hostility by the other agents, as Chase’s past as a former F.B.I. agent catches up with him.
Before the bodies are removed, Chase discovers that each of them has had a proximity detonator implanted in their necks. If the body is removed from the building it would detonate a bomb hidden somewhere on the premises that could decimate the entire building. The detonators are quickly removed and the coroners cart the bodies away. Chase puffs on a cigarette allowing his mind to calm and placing him in a trance-like state.
In this state he experiences the events in the point of view of one or more of the subjects. During the gruesome ordeal, he discovers that the victims were tortured to reveal the whereabouts of something that could possibly be used as a weapon. The kidnappers wear masks, concealing their identities. One of the victims was a fifteen year-old boy who disappeared during the course of the interrogations. Chase believes that the boy is still alive, hidden somewhere within the warehouse. When he finally finds the boy, he learns that the weapon they had been searching for was nanotechnology, which had been injected into him.
The kidnappers quickly reveal themselves as the F.B.I. agents overseeing the investigation and had manipulated Chase into finding the boy for them. A gunfight proceeds with Chase and his partner as the victors. Just as they believe the crime to be solved, they discover that one of the victims was a traitor and feigned his own death in order to escape. Chase and Silk track him down and exact revenge for the lives of the other victims he betrayed. |
| target fund: $600,000 raised: $20,450 |
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3.40% funded |
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Red, White & Blue: A Tale of Two Americas (added: 7 Jan '08) |
| filmmaker: Eric Anderson |
genre: documentary |
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Started after the disastrous (at least in my opinion) 2004 election, in 2008/09 we'll be traveling across the country (by "we", I mean me, my wife, our 2 year old daughter and our crew) to find out just what's changed since we started asking people about what this country means to them nearly 4 years ago.
This time, we're digging even deeper, letting no one off with easy answers. The ultimate question is "Why?" Why do people believe as they do? Where do those political beliefs originate? Is any critical thought given to them, or is everyone just shooting from the hip? That's why we're making the film...to get people to think --- really, truly, and deeply --- about the beliefs they hold dear, their origins, and their importance and validity in the war for the soul of a nation.
We intend to film from the fall of 2008 through 2009, to take the country's pulse before, during, and in the aftermath of this election year. Will we end up with something inspirational or are we making a horror film?
Only time will tell. |
| target fund: $350,000 raised: $7,150 |
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2.04% funded |
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