We failed to raise $50,000 by December 31st, 2024, to keep Cinephilia & Beyond independent and free. “However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.” We have decided to extend our fundraiser until January 31st, 2025, and hope for a better outcome. Hope is all we have left now.
As a non-profit, individual donors are the backbone of all that we do.
$18.750 donated out of $50.000
550 donors
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all of you. A special shoutout to these amazing people who donated so far:
Dava Shorb, Tamler Sommers, Andrés Nicolón, Susan Morris, Mark Bold, Ferdinando Cito Filomarino, Gabriel Cinquepalmi, Debra Griboff, Henry Guzman, Brady Walker, Frans Vandenburg, Allan Heinberg, Robert Mitchell, Barrie Frieden-Collins, Harry Brandrick, Scott Beck, Maria Santana, Sascha Eichholz, Abraham Forsythe, Eric Elliott, John Roche, William VanDerKloot (VanDerKloot Film & Television, Inc.), Nicholas Hicks-Beach, Melissa Fugiero, David Russell Lamoureux, Sladl Rajkovic, Paul Carteron, Paul Docherty, Patrick Tarr, Victoria Wu, Christopher Barber, Ryan Thomas, Paul Seno, Bryan DiFrancesco, Omaya Jones, Sujit Vora, Jonathan Wakeham, Thomas Durack, Shawn Wilson, Owen Burke, Thomas Bernardo, Trevor Hollen, Jon Alberdi, Shelby Gaines, Judy Hill, Firecraft Films, Cyrus Nowrasteh, Kristi Nimmo, João Nunes, Craig Moorhead, Andrew Papier, Edward Charles Alexander Prescott, Todd Hitchcock, Max Nguyen, Gurbir Bhangu, Silvia Dias, Sharat Raju, Todd Hagopian, Ruth Mulandi, Alexander Mansfield Martinez, Dragan Nesic, Chris Fraire, Joel Drazner, James Trice, Hyungsuk Kim, Craig Brownstein, Paweł Goliat, Daniel Dominguez, Gerard Ciccoritti, Egor Abramenko, Ellis Hubschman, Pascal Vignes, Lawrence Bird, Jai Gil, Ryan West, Jonathan Mefford (Five By Five Inc.), Jose Antonio Aguillo Manzanos, Jacob Rosenberg, Julieann Campbell, Arron Amo Travers, Thomas Bolda, Mark Hothi, Jérome Dauphin, Jean-christophe Manuceau, Ron Strotbaum, Alejandro Villarreal, Dave Glanz, Richard Mackney, N Moore, Jessica Kiang, James Silk, Kelly Ryan, Isac Muller Sandvik, Robert Del Maestro, Alexander Kaltchev, Kwaku Awuku-Asabre, Damian Harris, RJ Munday, Alex Billington, Alexander Marom, John Anthony Bleasdale, Sarah Milner, Brian Duffield, Steven Medcraft, Chris Harvey, Andrew Calder, Steven Santos, Anthony Bagarozzi, Mario Mireles, Miguel Maria Benito Lazaro, Genco Film Company, Charles Broughton, Gonzalo López Segovia, Charles Horne, Miniver Press, James Trice, Susan Langford, John Hardin, Steve De Jarnatt, Gijs Leijdekkers, Chris Lopata, David Headland, Istvan Madarasz, Eileen Flanagan, Dagmar Woyde-Koehler, Fred Parnes, Dave Axford, Larisa Zimmerman, Tom Dannenbaum, Daniel Lawrence, Marcus Gale, Mark Morgenstern, Patrick Clarke, Caroline Bolour, Peter Gould, Christian Brunet, Kriv Stenders, Roger Mossburger, Robert Garver, L M van Veuren, Thomas Quinlan, Justin Trefgarne, Mafalda Roma, Jose Garcia, John Kim, Jarkko Hienonen, Roberto Lugas, Bruce Jackson, Stephen Haren, David Fielden, Knut Larsson, Daniel Takacs, Reinhard Wulf, David Muñoz Pantiga, Joe Talbot, Keith Beach, Francis J Tamburin III, Julia Schmid-Neuhaus, Jeff Machota, Dermot Loughnane, Scott Watson, John Paino, Henry Heine, James Morrison, CappaDoste Productions, Frank Martin, Charles Bruin, James Little, Switchback Productions, Miriam Figueras Cuadra, Richard Saunders, Scott Saslow, Tryfon Drougkas, Michael Hennessy, David Hughes (Plumeria/Synchronicity), Julian Simpson, Phillip G Gooch, Tim Edwards, Edward Higgins, Tobias Kessler, Bryce Bochan, Nick Cooper, Alan Grund, Michael Richter, Den Shewman, Patricia Wolf, Roberto Urbani, Sean Bennett, J&B Szabo, Sean Dermond, Abidali Fazal, Julia Sullivan, Zinafin Rogers, Leah Maher, Guy Lampron, Madhavi Reddy, Jasper de Bruin, Emma Kohlhagen, Brandon Hardy, Peter Damm, Pardeep Sahota, Julia Learn, Matias Perez, Adam Goudchaux, Callum Reid, Mark Velez, Patent Pending Projects, George Jenne, Amy Woolsey, James Stadt, John French, Alexander Mozes, Tony McKiver, Chris Tindle, Renee Cardenas, Tobias Jakober, Scott Thomas, Derek Leuenberger, Megan Abbott, Alan Uhler, Lijo John, Sharon Lai, Lee Krempel, Imani Fodje, Wendy Macias, Flavia Ferrucci, Brendan Fay, John Kavanagh, Michael Coleman, Brian Liscek, Andreas Wirsz, James Mangold, Amos Posner, Stephen Purvis, Jack Heller, Shaun Brown, John Beitter, Samuel Baber, Tim Mackenzie, Tracy Garrett, Jake Hellen, Aurnab Das, Jun-hyuk Lee, Mia Rodriguez, Ethan Guilloux, Nick Emerson, Javier Esteban Loring, Daniel Robinson, Lee Cooper, Samuel Rosson, Georgy Nuridzhanyan, Runar Ursin Reed, Ahnmin Lee, Quinn Damery, Matthew Nolan, Anthony Jordan, Gregory Manke, Ethan Cooper, Paolo Priani, Jeremy Cohen, Deborah Trapp, Jacob Wilke, Jesus Espinoza, Edward Bowen, Ned Gorman, Mustpha Mukeef, Noah Kruiper, Jessica Jones, Antonin Moreau, Daniel Grou, Dwayne Dugger (Black Sol Creatives), Sebastian Haselbeck, Ted McADonnell, Lev Ginsburg, Michael Nirenberg, Trevor Collins, Sean Michael Rogers, Don Gunning, Pincourt Limited, Andrew Levy, Jonathan Lees, Gerrit Thompson, Joel Saldana Jr, Steven Burnett, Jessica Toth, Erwin van Moll, Jurie Horneman, Ella Naef, Hunter Steinman, Ava Rosario, Christianne Benedict, Rene Seagraves, Eric Knobel, Inigo Egido, Leonard Ginise, Glenn Stewart, Dave O’Flanagan, Carlos E R Silva, Laurence Dworet, First Second, Mate Geist, Tara Mama, Michael Linhares, Leanna Hieber, Mark Edwards, Arjun Sajip, Derrick Crow, Michael Garcia, Jason Lewis, Tanner Johnson, Pieter Stalpaert, Gerard Tierney, Carlos Conceicao, Marisa Buxbaum, Alberto Luperon, Beau Heath, Austin Rock, Ivan Castell Perez, Chris Bellamy, Andrew Rader, Jeff Yorkes, Richard Whitley, Jemin Na, Jonathan Knutzen, Alyson Court, Duncan Farr, Nadine Whitney, Anuradha Algama, Jonathan Jakes-Schauer, Timothy Wilson, Eric Wobma, Ray Nearney, Dan Dippold, Xufeng Li, William Flesch, Scott Wheatland, Michael Nash, Simon Boddy, Cory McElrea, Philipp Haller, David Alkhed, Nick Clark, Matthew Jackson, Jason Filiatrault, Roman Arbisi, Jane Maccaffrey, Charel Muller, Chengez Khan, Kasiemba Okeyo, Brian Sheehan, Andre Thomas, Kien Nguyen, Matthew Young, Martin Lecointe, Rafael Ruiz, Stacy Kissick-Jones, Glen Covell, Jean-Pascal Strüwer, Miriam Kiefer, Terry McCarty, Magdaléna Vydarená, Adrienne Lozoya, Peter Swiader, Joshua Coll, Sarah Martinez, Ian Prior, James Cozza, Brett Morgen, Andrew Kennedy-Derkay, Cindy Womack, Nathan Bleazard, Leslie Guerra, Daniel González Guerrero, Sean Baker, Duncan Brantley, Edward Robles, Maxwell Klaiber, Emma Culver, Roger Quillman, Dylan Emery, Gina Dalfonzo, Sebastian Leyva, Alexander Kuciw, Mahmoud Rais, Kathleen T. Elgin, Wendy Warren, Dale White, Raman Handa, James Sells, Lukas Salazar, Beau Somers, David Flaherty, Jason McGauchie, Tyler Dickson, Kyrsti Parker, Patrick Riazzi, Barry Strugatz, Spencer Vernier, Ewen Ayliffe, Joan Emmanuel Flores Castell De Oro, Ashley Hawthorne, Marcus Gale, Gregory Fodero, Rileyanne Bartenfeld, Timothy Adkins, Daniel Dominguez, John Cremins, Cosmo Wright, C Beaubien, Robert Elswit, Alexandru Baditoniu, Scott Granneman, Craig Clyde, Garvit Singh, Mauricio Ruiz Salinas, Tejan Jalloh, Mabel Houchens, Michele Marek, A M Farrier, Carlos Sandoval, Kevin Simpson, David Fielden, John Yorke, Manvir Basi, Aaron Downing, Leigh Singer, Julien Lafosse, Ethan Groothuis, Karla Arcega, Claudio Flores Arenas, Nicolas Saada, Mark Jonathan Deere, Matthew LaFleur, Dan Weissman, Bradshaw Lentz, Mark Jonathan Deere, Matthew D Johnson, Kathryn B Whalen, Mark Donoghue, David Hay, Paul Butler, Adam Resnick, Adam Mahler, Avichai Mark, Edward Dodd III, Dorie Slater, Juliette Kernion, Morgan Stewart, Debbi Mack, Scott Coffey, Steven E. de Souza, Emmanuelle Spadacenta, Aurelien Allin, Darren Leis, Andrea Rossoni, Meedo Taha, Emily von Seele, Viet Truong, Adina Ionita, Joshua Davis, Lorenzo Rapetti, Patricia Connolly-Sito, Katherine Lithgow, Ronan Price, Matej Maric, Amy Cederbaum, Jose Montserrat, Jens Prausnitz, Louis Wiers, Randy Thomas Gelling, Shakhi Abbas Ibragimov, Ted Hurliman, John Figueroa, Fabian Winkler, Ray Windust, Paula Johnson, Nicholas Abadzis, Duane Swierczynski, Antony Buonomo, Patrick Mühlberger, Wayne Beach, Daniel Malone, Robert Merkl, Ronald Roberts, Cameron Mcgrath, Nigel Doylerush, Jason Bergman, Lennox Stewart, Jo Wing, Anthony Karna, Jonathan Henkel, Edwin Lacour-Morel, Peter Gough, Matea Marić, John Grey, Loretta Litke, Craig Dorward, Ernest Jarrett, Ruben van der Hammen, Vivienne Wang, Raymond Morrison, Joe Pettit Jr., Richard Ellis, Giles Logan, Sarah Scott, Steve Golden, Rob Fellowes, John Daniel Vanderpuije, Robin Whenary, Jose Morales, Paul Wood, Kristine Berdal, Ignacio Faerna García-Bermejo, Peter Mascuch, Nils Göransson, Elizabeth Hernández, Peter Rush, J. Martinez, Vincent Gibbons, Tyler Knudsen, Adam Leff, Steven Song, Ali Dagher, Calvin Vaillancourt, Alexandre Boucher, Byron Eknoyan, Matthew Ryan, Emanuele Raoli, Bede Blake, Erica Blitz
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A special shoutout to these amazing people who purchased our film calendar:
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Creating and maintaining an online sanctuary for cinephiles all across the globe has been Cinephilia & Beyond’s mission since our very beginning. Our vision was to establish a unique cavern designed for both worship and analyses of instrumental works of the seventh art. While a lot of time, energy, and resources were invested in the project, the result of all the blood, sweat, and tears kept our hearts at ease. Cinephilia & Beyond has remained a free-for-all oasis we shared with you for more than a decade: a special and rare little corner of the Web untampered by commercialism and politics, devoted entirely to the appreciation and celebration of film.
In our tenure at the helm of C&B, we’ve published countless essays and interviews enriched with often incredibly rare and priceless screenplays, storyboards, behind-the-scenes photos, and more. As we were slowly building our portfolio, more and more people joined our community, individuals with a common passion from all corners of the world and all walks of life, and their unwavering support and love for this website allowed us to broaden our horizons and gain the courage needed for the next logical step in our development. From a curious blog with a couple of hundred readers, Cinephilia & Beyond blossomed into a Croatian-based independent website entirely dedicated to the world of cinema.
Under the roof of our very own non-profit organization—Close-Up, the Initiative for the Promotion of Film Culture—we continued to explore the world of filmmaking the only way we know how: with deep love and dedication. There were some painful roadblocks on the way. There were personal and professional issues beyond our control. There was a time when working on the site, or functioning in the world for that matter, seemed like mission impossible. But we came back and intend to stay here for as long as you’ll have us.
As a non-profit organization, we rely on the generosity of individual donors. In order to create and maintain a beautiful website with dozens of articles published every month, we hope to raise $50.000 by December 31st. This budget will allow our team of dedicated editors and authors to continue writing, exploring, and publishing in-depth articles on many of the most important filmmaking endeavors of all time, digging up and curating innumerable fascinating and hopefully jaw-dropping hidden gems in the form of hard-to-find screenplays, forgotten interviews, and dusty photos begging to be saved from neglected shelves. We’re also currently developing several C&B projects we can’t wait to share with all of you, and this crowdfunding campaign is sure to bring these ideas much closer to realization. In short, we feel there are many more movies and filmmakers truly deserving “the C&B treatment,” and you are the patrons who can make it a reality.
If you still like what we do and share our passion for keeping film culture thriving, please consider donating. As we always stated, your generosity preserves film knowledge for future generations. We know the world is rapidly changing—and not frequently for the better—but we dream of remaining a constant. If you support our mission, we’ll do our best not to let you down.
You can also become a member, joining the loyal readers who make Cinephilia & Beyond possible with a recurring monthly donation of your choosing. When you commit to a monthly donation, you enable us to plan for the future by having a steady source of projected income to expand our website with great new projects and continually provide new content.
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We created the finest cinephile calendar: a beautifully designed, unique blend of info and art we’d want to put in our living room. By purchasing our Film Calendar, you’re directly helping us raise funds needed to keep Cinephilia and Beyond’s project running. Each cent will be spent with the goal of not only keeping our website alive and well but also making this little corner of the web an even more educational, inspirational, and enjoyable place to visit.
The C&B 2025 Film Calendar Limited Edition is a gorgeously designed calendar that serves as the perfect Christmas/New Year’s gift for your loved ones, colleagues, and business partners.
To make a donation via bank wire transfer, use the information below:
Bank name: Erste&Steiermärkische Bank d.d.
Street address of the bank: Jadranski trg 3A, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Country: CROATIA
Bank’s SWIFT code: ESBCHR22
Beneficiary name: KRUPNI PLAN, INICIJATIVA ZA PROMOCIJU FILMSKE UMJETNOSTI
Beneficiary address: Rujanska 4, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Beneficiary account: HR5924020061101068664
Payment detail: It is very important to include the words “donation for the Cinephilia and Beyond project” while making the donation
Here’s a rough breakdown of our yearly costs:
$30.000 will be spent on paying our resident authors, guest authors, editors, and designers in order to produce top-notch articles for your everyday deep dives.
$10.000 will be spent on acquiring rare film material for us to prepare and present to you.
$5.000 will be spent on basic costs of keeping the website functioning online: server, domain name, maintenance, accounting services, and other technological or IT services needed.
$5.000 will be used in marketing to expand C&B’s reach on social networks with the goal of reaching as many curious, knowledge-seeking cinephiles across the world as we possibly can.
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