About this project
From award winning Director/co-writer Grzegorz Jonkajtys ("The Ark," Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival, Best of Show - SIGGRAPH 2007) and producer/co-writer Philip Koch comes "36 Stairs", a distinctive dystopian vision where humans utterly depend on bio-mechanical alteration to withstand the deteriorating climate.
Set against a polluted, megalopolis world, the tragic tale of Jeffrey Brief (Rodrigo Lopresti) unfolds; faced with the imminent loss of his crucial health insurance, Brief unwittingly unravels the dark truth behind population control that pushes him to unspeakable lengths.
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Grzeg and I have set out on an ambitious independent short film project named '36 Stairs'. It is a film that not only presents a compelling drama/thriller but portrays a very relevant tale to todays everyman struggling to survive in a world where profit is the only value.
We are both long time filmmakers and now hope to wrap this film with your help. The entire film has finished shooting preliminary photography and we now seek further funds for such things as visual effects, ADR sound, voice actors/recording, orchestral score, distribution and keeping our many wonderful friends helping and contributing.
We plan to partake in as many film festivals as possible and with your help, win!
Our current pledge target is $6000 but we hope and pray to raise significantly more and make the film as good as we dreamt it could be at the very start, in time for the Cannes film festival.
Thank you so much!
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Funding Successful
This project successfully raised its funding goal on December 24, 2009.
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Receive an honorary 'Thank You' in the films credits! Thank you!:)
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You get the fully finished online HD download of the film right after the festivals! Plus the above!
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Receive a Prop from the film (can be BIG or small) and a limited edition '36 STAIRS' DVD signed by the filmmakers with behind the scenes content (right after festival circulation). Plus all of the above!
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Receive an 'Associate Producer' credit for the film (also listed on IMDB)! Plus all of the above.
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Join the filmmakers for an early screening. Plus the above! (Sorry, no transportation. Location will likely be San Francisco)
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Wow! You got an 'Co-Executive Producer' credit (also on IMDB) and you are invited to an early screening with drinks thereafter with the filmmakers! Plus all of the above.
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Connected as Philip Bastiaan Koch (673 friends)
Grzegorz Jonkajtys: director/co-writer graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1995.
He has been working for advertisment, animation and feature film industry for over 12 years.
While working in Poland (Platige image) and USA (Digital Kitchen, Cafefx, Syndicate, Industrial Light and Magic),Grzegorz has contributed as vfx artist and animation lead for such films as
Sin City, Hellboy, Blade III, Pan’s labyrinth, Mist and Terminator Salvation among others.
He is best known for writing and directing his second film “ARK” for which he has been nominated to Golden Palm at Cannes film festival in 2007, and won Siggraph Electronic Theater “Best of Show” award in the same year.
Philip Koch: producer/co-writer was born in Atlanta, GA, USA of Dutch parents and subsequently moved around the globe at an early age, living in Berlin, Luxembourg, Bombay and later working professionally as a film director, producer and visual effects artist in Amsterdam, London and currently California. Philip has contributed to the visual effects for such films as: Sunshine, The Golden Compass, Hellboy II and Speed Racer with such leading studios as Digital Domain, Double Negative, The Moving Picture Company and Cinesite (Kodak). Most recently Philip has wrapped off of Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Gore Verbinski's Rango with Industrial Light and Magic, and is co-directing/producing independent British feature film; 'In God We Trust' with Horsie in the Hedge Cinema.
