Funding is the hardest part of independent filmmaking. Banks rarely lend against a script, studios back only a handful of projects, and general crowdfunding sites treat a feature film like any other gadget campaign. Feni Motion Pictures was built to give films their own financing model.

This is part two of our Feni.Finance series, covering the platform’s financial engine. Part one covered FeniTV, the video platform, and part three covers Feni Merchandise, the B2B trade platform.

The idea: Motion Picture Offerings

Feni introduces two concepts. A Motion Picture Offering (MPO) is a funding campaign for a film in development. Motion Picture Credits (MPCs) are the units supporters buy to fund it. Each MPO sets a price per MPC, a total number of MPCs and a budget. Once a film is released, MPCs can be bought and sold on a live market, so supporters can follow the value of the films they back.

The How It Works page explains the journey in seven steps:

• The filmmaker shares the project with Feni by creating an MPO application
• Feni reviews and approves it
• The funding campaign goes live
• The filmmaker hits the funding goal
• The film is produced
• The movie premieres
• The filmmaker presents the results and shares potential profits with MPC-holders

What we built

1. A Motion Pictures home that sells the story

The home page leads with a 3D-style carousel of live campaigns. Each card shows days left, % funded, price per MPC, project budget, total MPC raised and accepted currencies, with icons for USD, INR, Bitcoin and Ethereum. A Continue button starts sign-up, and existing members can log in directly.

2. Funding campaigns with genre filters

Supporters can browse every live campaign or filter by 13 genres: Drama, Horror, Anime, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Romance, Crime, Documentary, Comedy, Adventure, Family, Action and Other. Every card carries the poster, creator badge, funding status and key numbers, so supporters can compare projects at a glance. Campaigns run in both rupees and dollars, from ₹14.3 lakh to $14.9M.

3. Project pages built like an investor brief

Each MPO has a detailed page. On the left, a gallery and the filmmaker’s story; on the right, a funding panel with % funded, price per MPC, MPC count, project budget, raised funds and three actions: View Pitch Deck, Save and Buy MPC. Below that, a data grid covers language, project type, location, shooting technique, target group, genre, campaign length, ownership model (for example Creator 25% / Public 75%), MPC structure (for example Fiat 75% / Crypto 25%) and the production timeline, from pre-production through shooting to a suggested premiere date. Comments let the community ask questions.

4. A live MPC market

Once a film is released, its MPCs move to the Live market. Each row shows the poster, genres, release status, project type and country, alongside the first price per MPC, MPC count, current price, 24-hour change and all-time change, with a Buy/Sell MPC button. The list refreshes automatically on a countdown, so prices stay current without reloading the page. Titles available on FeniTV carry a FeniTV badge.

5. Fiat and crypto payments

Supporters can pay in fiat (USD and INR) or cryptocurrency (Bitcoin and Ethereum). We integrated CoinPayments for crypto, and each MPO decides its own mix of fiat and crypto MPCs. Prices can be shown in different currencies, including BTC.

6. Wallet and investment dashboard

Every user has a wallet with INR and crypto balances, and an investment dashboard listing the MPCs they hold. The same wallet is shared with FeniTV and Merchandise.

7. Automated back-office jobs

Money flows need automation. Scheduled jobs on the Strapi backend check crypto payment status every few minutes, update currency rates through the day and release payments on schedule. Staging and production run as separate environments so changes can be tested safely.

Architecture and technology

• Front end: Next.js and React for the Motion Pictures site, campaign pages and live market
• Back end: Strapi (Node.js) with custom controllers for MPOs, MPC orders, the order book, wallets and balances
• Payments: CoinPayments for Bitcoin and Ethereum, plus fiat payment flows and live currency rates
• Automation: cron jobs for payment checks, rate updates and payment releases
• Admin: a dedicated Next.js admin panel to review MPO applications, manage campaigns, users and payments
• Infrastructure: PM2, Nginx and AWS, with separate staging and production

Challenges we solved

Mixing fiat and crypto in one campaign. Each MPO can accept several currencies with its own split. We built the pricing and balance logic so MPC counts, raised funds and wallet balances stay consistent across currencies.

Security around money. Wallet and balance endpoints use the authenticated session rather than user IDs sent from the browser, and sensitive fields are kept out of public APIs and logs.

Reliable scheduled payments. Payment-release and rate-update jobs run only in production, so staging tests never trigger real payments twice.

The outcome

Feni Motion Pictures gives independent filmmakers a dedicated way to fund films from a global community, and gives supporters a transparent way to own and trade a share in them. Together with FeniTV, it connects a film’s audience with its financing.

Frequently asked questions

Can you build a crowdfunding or investment marketplace?

Yes. We build funding platforms with campaign pages, multi-currency payments, wallets, dashboards and admin approval workflows, using Next.js, React and Node.js.

Can a platform accept both fiat and cryptocurrency?

Yes. Feni accepts USD and INR alongside Bitcoin and Ethereum, with crypto handled through CoinPayments and scheduled jobs that confirm payments and update rates.

How is a live market kept up to date?

The market page refreshes automatically on a short countdown, and the back end recalculates prices and percentage changes from the latest orders.

Read the rest of the Feni.Finance series

Part 1: FeniTV, the video platform. Part 3: Feni Merchandise, the AI-assisted B2B marketplace. Building a fintech or crowdfunding product? Speak with Alohomora Solution.