Great article by Kendall Almerico, outlining SEC progress on using Crowdfuning to secure Investors for your film. It appears the "earliest date small businesses will be able to utilize JOBS Act provisions to raise capital will be the beginning of 2016." Unless you can crowdfund enough donations in 2015, seems active and passive investors are still a filmmakers best route for the time being. Read the article: SEC Delays Equity Crowdfunding Piece of JOBS Act for Another Year