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    AFRONAUTS by Frances Bodomo

    July 1969. It’s the night of the moon landing. And a ragtag group of Zambian exiles are trying to beat America to the moon.

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    • 126% funded
    • $12,652 pledged
    • Funded
      Apr 21, 2013

    Frances Bodomo is still on a remarkable fest tour for BONESHAKER—her Sundance/SXSW short. It's good, and this will be good. I mean, look at that description!

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    OUR NIXON - Premiere at SXSW & Beyond! by Brian L. Frye & Penny Lane

    A new documentary featuring the Super 8 home movies of Nixon's closest aides is about to premiere at SXSW – and beyond!

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    • 103% funded
    • $16,056 pledged
    • Funded
      Mar 02, 2013

    Penny wowed up with her brilliant film essay, THE VOYAGERS, a 2012 SotW Award winner. We want to make sure that her unique voice can reach as large an audience as possible, so support her feature documentary's debut at SXSW!

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    Masaaki Yuasa's "Kick-Heart" by Production I.G

    A love story between two people that each have a secret to hide. One a pro-wrestler, the other a Nun. Losing never felt so good.

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    • 134% funded
    • $201,164 pledged
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      Oct 31, 2012

    What if you paired the most accomplished anime studio in Japan, with the country's most visionary new director, and had them make a short? I'm salivating at the prospect.

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    StoryCorps' Animation Special by StoryCorps

    StoryCorps' first animation special will feature stories told by everyday people, brought to life by Rauch Brothers Animation.

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    • 106% funded
    • $26,581 pledged
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      Sep 15, 2012

    The Rauch Bros. create gorgeous classical animation. Married to documentary audio of normal people's stories via PBS' StoryCorp project. They've made some of the most emotionally moving short media of the last few years.

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    T-REX by Drea Cooper/Zackary Canepari/Sue Johnson

    A documentary about 17 year-old Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, the youngest woman - and one of the first - to ever box in the Olympics.

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    • 122% funded
    • $64,507 pledged
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      Aug 04, 2012

    Like Sean Dunne, Drea & Zach belong in the vanguard of exciting Internet Short Doc Filmmakers. Their "California is a Place" series is classic, and by playing Sundance this year, serves as a shining example for internet-first distro. We'd love to see their feature!

    -Sondhi

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    ornana by ornana

    two big projects all rolled into one. from the creators of robot elephant.

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    • 100% funded
    • $30,293 pledged
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      Aug 05, 2012

    (Notes) On Biology, was simply the most energetic & exhilarating short we watched last year. SXSW agreed when they gave it their top animation award.

    Got to meet these fellows recently and see some of the test shots for the new works, and trust me: we need these films!

    -Sondhi

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    Sundays. A film about our future. by PostPanic

    Director Mischa Rozema and PostPanic set their sights on realising an intelligent short film set in the future

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    • 102% funded
    • $51,237 pledged
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      Jul 20, 2012

    PostPanic's title sequence for OFFF Barcelona 2011 set a new standard for this emerging genre. A frightful dytopian nightmare, they jammed 5 full features worth of disturbing imagery into a 6min runtime. I want to see what this talented crew can do with a proper short.

    -Sondhi

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    Oxyana - A Feature Documentary Directed by Sean Dunne by Sean Dunne

    A portrait of Oceana, WV, an old coal mining town that has become the epicenter of the Oxycontin epidemic, earning the nickname Oxyana.

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    • 103% funded
    • $51,605 pledged
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      Jun 26, 2012

    From the master of fringe Americana and SOTW Awards 2012 Documentary Winner, Sean Dunne. OXYANA looks to be a ground-breaking film.

    -ASA

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    Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry by Alison Klayman

    AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY is the first feature-length documentary about China's (in)famous artist and activist, Ai Weiwei.

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    • 260% funded
    • $52,175 pledged
    • Funded
      May 28, 2011

    When an excerpt of Allison's documentary circulated online as the rebellious short film, WHO'S AFRAID OF AI WEIWEI? we knew there was a bigger story to be told.

    -ASA

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    This is Not a Conspiracy Theory by Kirby Ferguson

    A True Story About Why We Are. From the creator of Everything is a Remix.

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    • 113% funded
    • $54,610 pledged
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      Mar 16, 2012

    Kirby grabbed the attention of musicians, filmmakers, artists, and entrepreneurs with his controversial EVERYTHING IS A REMIX series. Now, he takes on the heavyweights—Politicians.

    -ASA