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Insects in Finland?

Update #9 · Apr 26, 2012 · comment
Dear Beetle Queen donors,

I have a new film in the works, called Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys. As the title indicates, it has nothing to do with insects in Japan. It's about a family of reindeer herders in Finnish Lapland and I recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise the money needed to finish the film. I think you'll find this new story as engaging as Beetle Queen and I hope you'll consider supporting the project. 


Check it out (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1087720796/aatsinki-the-story-of-arctic-cowboys)

And thank you again for making my first Kickstarter campaign a huge success! I hope this one goes just as well!

Thank you thank you,

Jessica

ps.  Just to keep this insect-themed, I am adding this photo I took of a beetle grub up in Lapland.  A few kids had discovered it, and it immediately caught my eye. I couldn't resist picking it up and checking it out.  They were so surprised!

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    7 backers

    Beetle Queen postcard and one gummy bug candy (I choose for you: roach, fly, centipede or spider, but please, don’t take it personally)

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    49 backers

    Your name on the very special Thank You page of the Beetle Queen website (will launch after we have reached our goal) and a notebook from Muji, with a hand-stenciled bug cover by Jessica Oreck + the above

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    13 backers

    Large 39” x 27” original Beetle Queen poster + all of the above

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    4 backers All gone!

    Clear vinyl Japanese tote bag printed with 2 different beetles and the well-translated phrase, "Eternal Rivals Beetle" + all of the above

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    8 backers

    A DVD copy of Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo signed by the director (before it’s released!) + all of the above

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    3 backers

    A mix CD of my favorite obscure Japanese technopop from the '80's that inspired the film + all of the above

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    4 backers

    Official Beetle Queen T-shirt + all of the above

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    3 backers

    Beetle Queen CD soundtrack, signed by the composers of the score, JC Morrison and Nate Shaw + all of the above

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    1 backer

    Hand-pinned Morpho butterfly by Jessica Oreck in small, black shadow box

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    One very limited-edition paperback, full-color book of stills from the film, signed by cinematographer Sean Williams

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    2 backers

    The ultimate grab bag – a DVD copy of Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo signed by the director, an official t-shirt, the CD soundtrack (also signed by composers), the film’s poster + limited-edition paperback of stills from the film signed by cinematographer Sean Williams – yes, this is an autograph heavy choice – but someday we will all be famous and then you’ll be so happy you picked this one!

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    VIP tickets to THE theatrical premiere of Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo at Film Forum on May 12 in NYC, and a personal tour of the American Museum of Natural History, where Jessica Oreck works as a docent and animal keeper + dinner at my favorite Japanese restaurant in NY (if you aren’t sick of me by then)

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    Four VIP tickets to theatrical screening of your choice and dinner for four with Jessica Oreck at a Japanese restaurant near the screening

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