Support these bold, original cinematic stories from their inception by donating to our Seed&Spark campaign.
Our incentives include…
$10 Thank you!
We'll give you a special shout-out on social media to thank you for helping these projects come to life!
$25 First Snowfall
Receive a digital copy of the "Smith Family Stew" from THAW, a recipe so sacred and delicious that the characters don't leave a single bite remaining...
$75 Something to Keep You Warm
Specialized cocktail/mocktail from THAW director Alex Bush. A few key questions will ensure that this recipe is specialized to your taste. :)
$125 Special Thanks in the Credits
Be permanently featured with a special thanks in the credits for BOTH films!
$250 Come to the Snow Ball
Invitation to party! We will be doing TWO premieres: one in New York and Los Angeles in the fall of 2022. We would love to have you there! *Premiere Invitation does not include travel to-and-from the event
$300 Ski School
In addition to an invitation to our Snow Ball premiere event, you can pick from the following incentives:
1. A notes session with New York AND Los Angeles’s closest reader: Lex Lapp. Have a screenplay or play you’re working on? Even some prose? Lex will give your bad boy all the attention it deserves to get deep and dirty with a few pages of feedback OR a 1-hour zoom call to discuss your project!
2. A performance/writing coaching session with Alex Bush! Have a music set gearing up for performance? A monologue to work on? A self-tape that needs focusing? Alex's experience in working with performers across mediums to strengthen storytelling and clarity can be utilized for a 1-hour Zoom at whenever is most convenient.
3. A songwriting session with singer/songwriter extraordinarre Caitlin Cobb-Vialet. Approaching the craft with a spiritual and playful lens, Caitlin's process benefits performers and artists at all levels of experience and interest.
$400 A Snow Story
After receiving an invitation to our Snow Ball, cozy up for a good read! You're getting signed copies of each script,Thaw and The Savior, the Sick, & the Golden One.
$500 Associate Producer + Incentives
You will be a co-producer on BOTH of these films, as well as a special invite to the Snow Ball screening and a "SKI SCHOOL" incentive of your choice!
$1,000 Executive Producer
You will be listed as an executive producer on BOTH films, as well as your pick of any and all of the above incentives!
THAW is an Arthouse film that is made for queer & trans audiences, women, & fans of romance, coming-of-age, and suspense films. It presents a new American folk tale, embracing expressionistic and fantastic tones.
The film continues a predominant cinematic and narrative tradition of isolation as a space for queer intimacy (Brokeback Mountain, Call Me By Your Name, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Carol), fusing the sub-genre with explicit exploration of gender. With 25% of LGBTQ+ youth now identifying as non-binary and/or trans, there is more demand, interest, and need than ever before for original LGBTQ+ narratives by LGBTQ+ filmmakers. It is also following traditions of domestic suspense and romance, catering to audiences beyond the LGBTQ+ demographic. Its atmospheric, theatrical tone positions it firmly as a confident, fresh work of arthouse cinema. Target age for this film is 15-45.
THAW is being positioned for an international festival run, focusing heavily on the hundreds of LGBTQ+-focused festivals around the world to gain funding for the feature, being produced in the 2023/2024 season.
The Savior, the Sick, & the Golden One is an inherently scrappy independent film targeted towards the me's of the cinematic realm! The young action lovers who can’t connect with guns, the genre benders (Fargo, Kajillionaire, Petite Maman.) It is rough and small and visually charismatic, while also churning through a high intensity, high velocity world.
Investigating class is a must when the country we live in is owned and operated by 1% of those who dwell here. Through a tight knit trio of siblings, we can explore how the system is rigged against so many, no matter how much they need help. We must talk about class if we are going to make change on a political, medical, and personal level. It begins here, with versions of people who grew up like me and so many in this country. This project is a small part of giving those who the health care and class system have failed a voice.
The Savior, the Sick, & the Golden One is intended to fulfill the 2022-2023 festival circuit in order to aim for a 2023/2024 feature length shoot.