JuntoBox Films
JuntoBox Films was a Santa Monica-based independent film production company that focused on micro-budget films. 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. JuntoBox Films has been inactive since 2014/2015. History Philippe Caland founded JuntoBox in 2012 and officially launched it at that year's South by Southwest. The partnership with Indiegogo, a crowdfunding website, started upon its foundation. Actor Forest Whitaker was announced as co-chair in March 2012. The company's name was taken from Junto, a mutual improvement club started by Benjamin Franklin in 1727. Structure 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. Site users then voted on which films they thought JuntoBox should support, both as a financer and as a mentor. Those chosen still go through a vetting process, including traditional auditions for the chosen actors. The first films green-lighted by JuntoBox were Passenger, Sacrifice (2014), Anthem, and Sharon 1.2.3. (originally Sharon is Caring). In 2013, JuntoBox partnered with the Slamdance Film