Oscars 2013: Kickstarter gets shout out thanks to Inocente

The begging and scraping that goes into getting a film financed is rarely mentioned among the glamour and triumph of the Academy Awards.Not so with the short documentary Inocente, which became the first Kickstarter-funded film to win an Oscar.[caption id="attachment_638126" align="alignleft" width="380"] Reuters[/caption]Co-directors Andrea Nix and Sean Fine praised the crowd-funding website to reporters backstage. They said it helped them generate community involvement as well as dollars.Nearly 300 people donated $52,000 through the site to fund the documentary chronicling the life of a homeless teenager in San Diego."It's a great new outlet for films, and especially for documentary films," Fine said.Kickstarter has more famously raised $160,000 for the forthcoming film "The Canyons," starring Lindsay Lohan.The day the website makes a cameo in a tearful acceptance speech can't be far behind.Associated Press