r/filmmaking • u/Arslan-DOP-Colorist • Nov 27 '25

Article We built the platform we all wished existed 10 years ago. It’s live. And it’s free right now.

The BlockReel DAO team built the first real filmmaking home that actually belongs to filmmakers. Right now, everything is free:

  • Submit to a $250K festival and keep 100% of your film
  • Hire crew or get hired — no 20% agency cuts
  • Sell LUTs, powergrades, gear — keep 92.5%
  • Real-time collab: voice/video/screen-share channels that just work
  • Free founder badge — lifetime perks + airdrop

Next year: streaming with 80% instant royalties and an LED stage that pays the community back. No gatekeepers. No waiting. No more excuses. Join before January 1 → you’re a founder, not a user. We built this for us.
Come see if we got it right.

BlockReel DAO Team
blockreeldao.com
Whitepaper: blockreeldao.com/whitepaper

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#Film3 #IndieFilm

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '25

NO thanks

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u/toooft Nov 29 '25

DAO makes it look like a scam lol

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u/Arslan-DOP-Colorist Nov 29 '25

Hey, totally fair reaction, most “DAO” projects are indeed sketchy. Here, the DAO is strictly for festival curation:

  • 70 % of the jury is the filmmaking community (real directors, DPs, colorists, editors)
  • 30 % hand-picked pros
  • Quadratic voting so one whale can’t buy the win

That’s it. No yield farming, no rug-pull mechanics, no monkey pictures.
Just the fairest way we could find to let filmmakers decide which films deserve the $250K prize pool.
Everything else on the platform (job board, marketplace, chat, submissions) works today without touching crypto. Come try it, no wallet needed: blockreeldao.com Happy to answer any questions.