The Tunnel Movie

ABOUT THE TUNNEL MOVIE

In 2011, The Tunnel was first released to the world - in cinemas, on cable television, via an iPad app, on DVD… and via BitTorrent all at the same time.

Yep, it was given away to watch and share for free online, making it probably one of the only films in history to be able to legitimately claim a piracy rate of zero.

How and why did this happen?

Well, the brainchild of Enzo Tedeschi & Julian Harvey during the infancy of Kickstarter and IndieGogo, the pair set out to build their own version of crowdfunding with a website that pre-sold each frame of the unmade film for $1.

The promise they made in exchange, was that everyone’s contribution would not only buy them their frame memorabilia and their chance to see the film, but buy the internet the opportunity to see the film.

In addition to sending out personalized individual digital frames from the film to backers, the film was officially released for free on BitTorrent alongside all the traditional releases - the end result was an explosion of viewership around the globe for the humble Australian film, amassing over 25M views and downloads across the internet.

It has been estimated that that’s a global audience size roughly the equivalent of a $250M box office.

A decade on, the film is still a fan favorite, regularly making Top 10 Found Footage Horror lists and inviting speculation and debate around the film’s mythology.

Cast & CREW

Created by Enzo Tedeschi & Julian Harvey, The Tunnel was Australia’s first crowdfunded feature film, and was released online FOR FREE in May 2011 to a viral explosion that saw the film vieweed and shared LEGALLY over 25 million times.

Director / Carlo Ledesma
Writer, Producer / Enzo Tedeschi
Writer, Producer / Julian Harvey

Executive Producers / Ahmed Salama, Valeria Petrenko, Peter Thompson

Starring
Bel Delia
Andy Rodoreda
Steve Davis
Luke Arnold
Goran D. Kleut

Score / Paul William Dawkins
Sound Designer and Re-Recording Mixer / Sasha Zastavnikovic

Click the gallery images below to see what the team is up to now.