“…Whilst Domínio Público's collaborative approach to funding is clearly one dependent on platforms and practices associated with digital culture, it can also be understood, in Brazil and elsewhere, as a response to dissatisfaction with the mainstream cultural and audio-visual funding milieu, as well as the reduced availability of resources (Sørensen 2012). In Brazil, crowdfunding has become a viable option for funding low-budget, alternative film projects (Valiati and Tietzmann 2015). Domínio Público's filmmakers were inspired by the success of In crowdfunding, a film's potential audience is not just vital for funding the film, but also for disseminating the project and mobilizing other potential funders.…”