''From Bedrooms to Billions'' is a 2014

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by British filmmakers Anthony and Nicola Caulfield that tells the story of the British video games industry from 1979 to the present day. The film focuses on how the creativity and vision of a relatively small number of individuals allowed the UK to play a key, pioneering role in the shaping of the billion dollar video games industry which today dominates the modern world's entertainment landscape. The film features interviews with major British game designers, journalists and musicians from across the last 30 years. The filmmakers originally conceived of the project as a three-part television series, but were unable to garner interest from either the

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, both of which considered the project "too niche." So the team, inspired by earlier success with their 2010 film ''Burlesque Undressed'', turned instead to crowd funding. The Caulfields raised approximately £80,000 through two rounds of crowd funding with Indiegogo and

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generating donations of $37,000 and £60,000 respectively. Further funds have been raised through direct donations, pre-orders for DVDs and soundtrack CDs via the ''From Bedrooms To Billions'' website which has allowed them to produce the film independently. ''From Bedrooms to Billions'' was originally scheduled for release on 30 May 2014. The digital version was eventually launched on 3 October 2014. with DVD & Blu-ray versions released in March 2015. In an interview in early 2019, it was revealed that ''Black Mirror'' creator Charlie Brooker had given the stars of ''

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'', an interactive episode of the ''Black Mirror'' series, a copy of ''Bedrooms to Billions'' to help prepare them for the roles, and to give them inspiration. The makers of the documentary made two further films bearing the ''From Bedrooms to Billions'' name'': The Amiga Year''s (2016) and ''The PlayStation Revolution'' (2020).

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* 2014 films 2014 documentary films British documentary films Documentary films about video games Kickstarter-funded documentaries Video game culture Crowdfunded films 2010s English-language films 2010s British films {{UK-documentary-film-stub