After producing 22 vlog episodes Gabor was like "honestly, who cares about my life" and had a better idea. What if I "vlog other people's lives" and right there, "My Doco Club" was born. Obviously filming a story on someone else every day would be impossible so he thought "a new documentary every week... yeah I can do that" and vowed to produce 52 films in 2017.

About 8 films in, Gabor had another idea 🙂 ... [the dude has too many of those] ... "what if I could get other filmmakers on board and create more content" awesome! This is when the "My Doco Club" name was obviously no longer a good choice, but guess what! The domain InspireFlix.com was available! WHAT?! Gabor could hardly believe his eyes and quickly made the decision to immediately rebrand his little baby, and think about nurturing it for a bigger impact...

During the rest of 2017, we have submitted most of our finished films to various film festivals in Australia and overseas. A great decision as the films have scored two Wins, two Finalist and nine Semi Finalist titles from the 22 Official Selections we've received from around the globe. Our most successful film was Lambert, taking out Best Documentary at CUFF 2017, Best Brisbane Documentary @ Watchdog Film Fest 2018 and Best Emerging Director @ Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2017.

The sole founder days were finally over when Scarlett Pragya joined forces with Gabor. Together they've re-engineered INSPIREFLIX and decided to give this shiny new v1.0 a good crack and apply to CEA's Collider accelerator.

"Your startup has been shortlisted for Collider Accelerator 2018 and we wish to offer you a place in our Selection Bootcamp" Yess! We prepared, we learned, we iterated and then finally on the 20th of March 2018 we battled it out among Queensland's most amazing creative startups. We did not make it into the cohort at that time but received lots of fresh wisdom and some mentor whiplash.

Like with most startups the beginning was challenging, however, our vision to connect people through short films showcasing inspiring everyday people was just too important to ever give up on. Once v1.0 has proven to be unsuccessful, we have decided to go back to the drawing board. In the meanwhile re-focused on finding more individuals to feature in new INSPIREFLIX films.

After just a month back in the studio, we've launched the "Story To Film" competition. First only in Queensland AU and then in other Australian centers with plans to eventually open globally.

By far the most exciting change till date was when we've decided to help global charitable organisations to not only, capture content from all around the globe, but also do it ethically. We have vowed to always hire local filmmakers and pay them no less than the Australian rate, even if we're shooting in a lower socioeconomic region. This is why SolarBuddy became our first charity partner. We also provide free training to all our filmmakers to help them grow on their creative journey.

INSPIREFLIX is a social-impact film studio that helps people tell their stories for free, charities to capture their global efforts for less, and b-corps to promote their brand by aligning with inspiring films. All while paying ethical wages worldwide.