SUDS COUNTY 2: The Boil Over

For the past several months, I’ve been working on developing a sequel to SUDS COUNTY, USA with its director, Sheldon Kaplan of Ibhayi Media. For those who don’t know, SUDS COUNTY took a look at the history of craft brewing in San Diego County, going all the way back to before prohibition.

Well, next month we’ll be launching a Kickstarter to fund the production and release of SUDS COUNTY 2: The Boil Over. This will be the biggest Kickstarter campaign that Tostie Productions has been  a part of yet, but we’re taking our time to develop partnerships and cross-promotion opportunities with local breweries and other media entities that can help us to hit our funding goal.

Associate Producer

Until that Kickstarter launches, you can visit SudsCounty.com to purchase a digital download of SUDS COUNTY, USA. On that first film, I served as an Associate Producer and Post-Production Coordinator. It’s been well received by brewers and home brewers around the world. Cheers!

UPDATE 5/20/2016: Unfortunately, SUDS COUNTY 2 did not meet its funding goal on Kickstarter, so we are not proceeding forward with production on this documentary. Thanks to everyone who made a pledge and helped to spread the word. It’s challenging to finance a film through pre-orders when apparently a large number of people simply want to wait for it to come out on Netflix.

Crowdfunding Panel – March 2013

In March 2013, I was selected to be one of two panelists by the Women in Film and Video New England Chapter for their seminar on crowdfunding held in collaboration with Emerson’s Screenwriting Program. I shared about my experiences raising over $80,000 on Kickstarter for 3 different film projects, including for Eternity: The Movie and for Under the Boardwalk: The MONOPOLY Story.

You can read a recap of the panel itself here, and I also promised to provide a link to the PPT I presented to anyone who would like a copy as a reference for their personal use. If you have any crowdfunding question, feel free to leave a comment and I’ll be happy to reply.

If you’d like to hire me as a consultant on your next crowdfunding campaign, send me a message via the Contact Us page.

Kevin