Crowd-Equity Fundraising 101 with Thomas Percy Kim

Join director of AAIF49’s Centerpiece film ISLE CHILD, Thomas Percy Kim, for an introduction to crowd-equity financing that could help you raise $50K to $1M for your film. In this masterclass, you will learn the basics of this framework, including how to design a campaign, meet legal requirements, apply proven strategies, and plan it all out in a roadmap. You will also have the opportunity to ask Thomas questions in a Q&A following the presentation.

This in-person masterclass will take place at 12:00pm ET at Village East by Angelika (181-189 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10003), auditorium 4.

Thomas Percy Kim is a Korean-American writer/director drawn to raw, introspective stories and poetic imagery. His short, SI, starring Ki Hong Lee, premiered at LAAPFF before being distributed by HBO Max. Another short, BUSAN, 1999, won Best Narrative at SFFilm and BFI, qualifying for the Oscars.

A Sundance Ignite and TIFF x CJ Fellow, he equity-crowdfunded $1M+ for his debut feature ISLE CHILD, which premiered at TIFF. He’s now developing STARING AT THE SUN while building The Vandalist, a new studio system on permissionless creativity.