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Lucas McNelly

Lucas McNelly is the award-winning filmmaker behind such feel-good movies as A YEAR WITHOUT RENT, UP COUNTRY, BLANC DE BLANC and GRAVIDA. He writes for Filmmaker Magazine, Film Threat, Film Courage, and a bunch of other places. Maybe you've heard of him, maybe you haven't.

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    THE SUMMER HOME: finishing funds for a short film on the RED by Wonder Russell

    Blood drives a desperate homeless couple to break into a summer home on the water, and blood forces them to flee.

    • 148% funded $6,235 pledged
    • 116 backers
    • Funded Jul 20, 2011
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    MOTHER'S RED DRESS (a social issue feature film) by John Paul Rice

    A young man suffering from amnesia tries to piece together his past after seeing his mother kill her abusive boyfriend.

    • 103% funded $20,678 pledged
    • 205 backers
    • Funded Jun 18, 2011
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    Get GOOD NIGHT to the finish line! by Winston, Leigh and the Cast & Crew

    This is the story of a group of twenty-somethings who reunite at a dinner party celebrating a mutual friend’s 29th birthday.

    • 101% funded $11,256 pledged
    • 140 backers
    • Funded Jul 02, 2011
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    Murder City Shakedown ~ A Cold Case Memoir by J. Reuben Appelman

    J. Reuben Appelman is returning to Detroit to solve a 35 year old cold case in MURDER CITY SHAKEDOWN.

    • 101% funded $15,270 pledged
    • 208 backers
    • Funded Jun 15, 2011
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    BLACK ROCK written by Mark Duplass directed by Katie Aselton by Adele Romanski

    Three childhood friends go on a girls' weekend getaway to Black Rock Island. When they get there they soon realize they are not alone.

    • 167% funded $33,501 pledged
    • 121 backers
    • Funded Jun 05, 2011
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    FAVOR - Feature Film by Paul Osborne

    Gripping new crime thriller from Paul Osborne, the writer of TEN 'TIL NOON & director of OFFICIAL REJECTION.

    • 106% funded $21,335 pledged
    • 283 backers
    • Funded May 06, 2011
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    GET DRIVEN: An Open Source Film Tour of JENS PULVER | DRIVEN by Gregory Bayne

    Jens Pulver & Gregory Bayne hope to inspire victims of abuse on an international screening tour of their film JENS PULVER | DRIVEN

    • 109% funded $16,450 pledged
    • 145 backers
    • Funded Apr 16, 2011
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    'I Have Your Heart' - A Short Animated Film by Jim Batt

    “I Have Your Heart” is a short stopmotion animated film by Molly Crabapple, Kim Boekbinder, and Jim Batt.

    • 246% funded $17,280 pledged
    • 421 backers
    • Funded Apr 24, 2011
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    HARDCORE INDIE (DOCUMENTARY) by David Paul Baker

    HARDCORE INDIE will be a 90 minute documentary about the making of two hard core horror movies in Tulsa.

    • 103% funded $10,352 pledged
    • 152 backers
    • Funded Apr 14, 2011
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    Under the Boardwalk: The MONOPOLY Story by Kevin Tostado

    This film is an award-winning documentary about the world's most famous board game. Help us bring it to theaters!

    • 103% funded $21,210 pledged
    • 222 backers
    • Funded Mar 11, 2011
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    SCHERMANN SONG: Finishing Funds for Movie Musical by Gary King

    Help keep the Movie Musical alive! Seeking finishing funds for live orchestration, post-production sound work & film festival fees

    • 100% funded $18,031 pledged
    • 244 backers
    • Funded May 02, 2011
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    "It Came From Yesterday" Science Fiction Film Completion by jeff waltrowski

    Swashbuckling adventure and heart pounding thrills collide in the science fiction spectacular, IT CAME FROM YESTERDAY!!!

    • 118% funded $8,300 pledged
    • 113 backers
    • Funded Apr 22, 2011
  13. The Rocket Festival by Robert Isenberg

    Journey into the heart of Laos. Experience this struggling nation in words and images. A multimedia project by Robert Isenberg.

    Funding Unsuccessful (03/31/2011)
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    Locked in a Garage Band - Feature Film by Victoria Westcott & Jen Westcott

    With Jodelle Ferland (Eclipse, Silent Hill). A high school rock band on the verge of breaking up gets locked in their garage for a day.

    • 100% funded $20,101 pledged
    • 148 backers
    • Funded Mar 05, 2011
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    TIGER TAIL in BLUE by Frank V. Ross

    It's about loving stuffed aminals and neglecting people.

    • 112% funded $5,620 pledged
    • 40 backers
    • Funded Jan 29, 2011
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    CONNECT TO: Connect with a Seattle short film! by Wonder Russell

    During an overnight bus journey, a runaway mental patient befriends a woman who's just left her cheating husband.

    • 141% funded $3,530 pledged
    • 58 backers
    • Funded Feb 08, 2011
  17. The Words Left Unsaid - experimental serial movie by James Jackson

    Experimental serial film dealing with the lives and loves of 11 main characters.

    Funding Unsuccessful (03/13/2011)
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    Dream Lover by Mattson Tomlin

    Part Greek Mythology, Part Personal Dreams, Dream Lover shows the evolution of a Nightmare.

    • 100% funded $8,428 pledged
    • 180 backers
    • Funded Dec 19, 2010
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    Love Train by Gina

    Girl meets Girl. Girl travels across country by train to be with Girl. Girl creates beautiful multimedia book along the way.

    • 194% funded $1,361 pledged
    • 64 backers
    • Funded Jan 11, 2011
  20. Free distributed video editor by Novacut Team

    Help us build a free video editor with distributed workflow, storage, and rendering, aimed at TV production using HDSLR cameras.

    Funding Unsuccessful (10/01/2010)
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    Something for the Kidz by Breathe Owl Breathe

    BURROW INSIDE AND TAKE A LOOK! Breathe Owl Breathe is making a hard bound book with a 7" record. Two Story/Songs with Woodcut Prints, all for the Kidz

    • 217% funded $10,886 pledged
    • 149 backers
    • Funded Nov 22, 2010
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    Feed Your Dreams- The 2010 Flyway Film Festival by Rick & Diana Vaicius

    The Flyway Film Festival is a truly outstanding exhibition of independent and international cinema.

    • 112% funded $5,601 pledged
    • 65 backers
    • Funded Oct 01, 2010
  23. Terminal Legacy: A sci-fi thriller about an intimate look at an apocalyptic event. by Brian Kazmarck

    "Terminal Legacy" follows the intimate events surrounding the outbreak of an airborne, man-made virus. It is told in three non-linear acts.

    Funding Unsuccessful (10/23/2010)
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    The International Sign for Choking: A Foreign Film by Newhard Entertainment

    The mad geniuses behind Bummer Summer travel six thousand miles beyond their comfort zone in pursuit of an exciting new feature film! Be a part of it!

    • 101% funded $8,111 pledged
    • 102 backers
    • Funded Aug 15, 2010
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    THE GLASS SLIPPER - Jarrod Whaley's Second Feature by Jarrod Whaley

    The slipper fits; will she put it on?

    • 160% funded $1,920 pledged
    • 28 backers
    • Funded Jul 15, 2010
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