Zoey & Ben - Episode 2

In March 2015 we successfully shot the first episode of "Zoey & Ben", which depicted Ben and Zoeys first day together after Zoey discovered her mother Sarah with a drug overdose and had to move in with her father. The second episode that we are planning to shoot this year will deal with the custody battle between Ben and Sarah and the consequences such exertions have on a child.

The long term goal is to shoot a 10-15 minute episode every year for ten ye… Show more

The project goal is to raise enough money to produce the second episode of our long term film project "Zoey & Ben". Our film will be for everyone who likes films with real people and real emotions and doesn't care too much about seeing computer generated special effects in basically every frame of the movie. And although we don't like the comparison too much, because we are making our own unique movie, it's going to be a movie for everyone who liked "B… Show more

Small, unconventional and most importantly non-commercial film projects are hard to produce, although they are very often the kind of projects that still manage to surprise or really touch us. Supporting a project like ours ensures that those films will still be made and that young ambitious film crews will be able to continue to implement their creative visions.

The money will be mainly used for two things: technical equipment and catering.

Since we are shooting material that we still want to look good and up to date in 10 years we need to borrow a high class camera. And although we get some students discounts and have found ways to work with incredibly little amounts of money, we cannot get the equipment for free and therefore need assistance here.

The second and also very important field we need some money for i… Show more

The head behind the project is Alex, who is writer, director and producer of "Zoey & Ben" all in one. Alex did his B.A. in film studies in 2015 and has been working as a freelance filmmaker since then. Alex would be nothing without his amazing crew, though, that has been working on a number of successful short film projects with him now and that he is incredibly thankful for.

All in all the people behind the project are a group of young filmmakers that… Show more