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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Film |
Founded | 2012 |
Founder | Philippe Caland |
Key people | Forest Whitaker (co-chair) |
JuntoBox Films was a Santa Monica-based independent film production company that focused on micro-budget films. [1] It featured a social media platform where creators could share ideas and collaborate to make their ideas into films, and where members could vote which screenplays would be financed by JuntoBox. [2] [3] JuntoBox Films has been inactive since 2014/2015.
Philippe Caland founded JuntoBox in 2012 and officially launched it at that year's South by Southwest. [4] [2] The partnership with Indiegogo, a crowdfunding website, started upon its foundation. [5] Actor Forest Whitaker was announced as co-chair in March 2012. [2] The company's name was taken from Junto, a mutual improvement club started by Benjamin Franklin in 1727. [2]
JuntoBox allowed actors, directors, producers, and writers to share ideas via a social media platform so they were able to collaborate with those without an agent or previous professional experience. [5] [2] [6] Site users then voted on which films they thought JuntoBox should support, both as a financer and as a mentor. [2] [5] Those chosen still go through a vetting process, including traditional auditions for the chosen actors. [6] The first films green-lighted by JuntoBox were Passenger, Sacrifice (2014), Anthem, and Sharon 1.2.3. (originally Sharon is Caring). [5] [4]
In 2013, JuntoBox partnered with the Slamdance Film Festival to increase the winnings of the festival's annual screenplay competition. Along with the usual $10,000 prize money, JuntoBox committed at least $50,000 towards production of the winning screenplay. [7]
In 2014, JuntoBox Films launched a three-month long workshop series called the Feature Film Incubator that sought to bring screenplays into the development phase. [8] This included "one-one-one meetings with industry professionals-including story analysts, casting directors and line producers." [9] Those selected to participate in the program "receive[d] budgeting and distribution consulting" and other financial and mentorship resources. [6] [8] At least one of the films created during the Incubator was expected to be funded following the pitch session that marked the end of the program. [9] [8] [10]
In total, JuntoBox has sponsored the following films: [10] [6] [5] [11] [12]
![]() | The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guidelines for companies and organizations. (August 2013) |
Company type | Private |
---|---|
Industry | Film |
Founded | 2012 |
Founder | Philippe Caland |
Key people | Forest Whitaker (co-chair) |
JuntoBox Films was a Santa Monica-based independent film production company that focused on micro-budget films. [1] It featured a social media platform where creators could share ideas and collaborate to make their ideas into films, and where members could vote which screenplays would be financed by JuntoBox. [2] [3] JuntoBox Films has been inactive since 2014/2015.
Philippe Caland founded JuntoBox in 2012 and officially launched it at that year's South by Southwest. [4] [2] The partnership with Indiegogo, a crowdfunding website, started upon its foundation. [5] Actor Forest Whitaker was announced as co-chair in March 2012. [2] The company's name was taken from Junto, a mutual improvement club started by Benjamin Franklin in 1727. [2]
JuntoBox allowed actors, directors, producers, and writers to share ideas via a social media platform so they were able to collaborate with those without an agent or previous professional experience. [5] [2] [6] Site users then voted on which films they thought JuntoBox should support, both as a financer and as a mentor. [2] [5] Those chosen still go through a vetting process, including traditional auditions for the chosen actors. [6] The first films green-lighted by JuntoBox were Passenger, Sacrifice (2014), Anthem, and Sharon 1.2.3. (originally Sharon is Caring). [5] [4]
In 2013, JuntoBox partnered with the Slamdance Film Festival to increase the winnings of the festival's annual screenplay competition. Along with the usual $10,000 prize money, JuntoBox committed at least $50,000 towards production of the winning screenplay. [7]
In 2014, JuntoBox Films launched a three-month long workshop series called the Feature Film Incubator that sought to bring screenplays into the development phase. [8] This included "one-one-one meetings with industry professionals-including story analysts, casting directors and line producers." [9] Those selected to participate in the program "receive[d] budgeting and distribution consulting" and other financial and mentorship resources. [6] [8] At least one of the films created during the Incubator was expected to be funded following the pitch session that marked the end of the program. [9] [8] [10]
In total, JuntoBox has sponsored the following films: [10] [6] [5] [11] [12]