Dutch Filmmaker Turns Tweets Into Short Films To Raise Money

When well-known Dutch Filmmaker Eddy Terstall wanted to raise money for a new short film called DEAL he decided to turn to his fans online. To entice people to donate, Terstall created mini movies based on tweets from people that donated money. He called it Eddy’s TwitFlicks.

When well-known Dutch Filmmaker Eddy Terstall wanted to raise money for a new short film called DEAL he decided to turn to his fans online.  The Dutch had just been hit with the financial crisis and it was really his only alternative to raise money so he opened up an account on a Dutch website called CineCrowd, similar to Kickstarter, that gives filmmakers a chance to collect money for their projects over 40 days by crowd funding. 

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