DOC, Indiegogo partnership expands financing options for Canadian doc makers

TORONTO - The Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) and global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo have announced a new strategic partnership that will allow independent Canadian documentary makers to save money when embarking on crowdfunding campaigns for their projects.Documentarians may now save 25% on the crowdfunding platform's administration fees by launching via DOC's Partner Page. As revealed in DOC's recently published research paper Growing the Pie - Alternative Financing and Canadian Documentary, a growing number of documentary makers turns towards crowdfunding as part of their project financing strategy. Beyond acting as a funding mechanism outside of the traditional model, crowdfunding also allows...