Notices by Dilman Dila (dilmandila@mograph.social)

We stuck at $600 for a couple of days now and I'm hoping you can come through for me to raise the total. This short film #TheNightDancer has bugged me since 2021 and now I'm in preproduction, ready to shoot it in early June. I need your support and as a reward I'll give you my art.

#perk For $1 you get to download the film and a shout out in the credits!

Details https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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You guys have made my Sunday! Donations are now at $670 and hopefully will go beyond 700 before tomorrow. Your support is helping me make #TheNightDancer a revenge fantasy with dance as a tool of power based on Luo mythology. I plan to shoot first week of June.

#perk for $3 is a mention in the credits, digital art for wallpapers, and download of the film. Details https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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Donations now at 740, meaning we are 75% funded. Yes! The finishing line is in sight, and you can help me reach it as I go into production of the #TheNightDancer a revenge fantasy short film.

#perk for $5 is download access to my short film, Little Red Eve, a #scifi political thriller about a scientist who accepts a dirty job from the military.

Details: https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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Today we start rehearsals. Yay! But we woke up to heavy rains in Kampala so the two actors got delayed. Still, thanks to your support, we are now on a muddy road to make #TheNightDancer short film and I need your support to cover stuff like transport, meals, props, set constructions, pay actors.... We've raised $170, just under 20% of what we need. There are a lot of rewards for each dollar you give, all my artworks. Details: https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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Yesterday, we had our first rehearsal and it left me even more excited about #TheNightDancer for it's going to be very challenging to pull off some of the effects, like the corpse dancing out of the grave, but with your help I'll pull it off! Look at this short video from that experience.
https://video.ploud.jp/w/sDPCSWDmKAadd8yHX7L4FQ

Donations are now at $193. There are lots of rewards for each dollar you give! Details https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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We have now got donations at $193, which round about covers rehearsal costs and meals for three days during the shoot, and since I plan to shoot this in about three days I could as well say we have covered that! Yay!

So next goal is to reach $300, which will cover another overhead cost - transportation of cast and crew to filming locations. I need your support to make #TheNightDancer a revenge fantasy short film. Details https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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I woke up to an email of a 60-dollar donation and I donno how to thank such generosity so I just cry in happiness. We now at $253. It covers rehearsals, meals during shoot, and half the transport costs. With your help I can make #TheNightDancer a popular characters in Ugandan mythology. I can only give you my artworks as a thank you for your donations though a small voice says it's not enough!

Details https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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On Sunday two more very generous donations pushed the total to $348, so that covers the basic overheads. Next target is to raise enough for set constructions. We will have to build graves and a graveyard as we can't shoot in real ones, obviously, and I'm scratching my head hard wondering how we shall pull it off. With your support I'll make #TheNightDancer and all I can give as thank you are my artworks. Details https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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About midway through this campaign I've got $479, almost half of what I need to cover the basic costs of making #TheNightDancer Yay!! Next target is to reach $600 which will cater for set constructions, costumes, and props. I can't say thank you enough to the people who have donated, and all I can do is aim at making a decently good short film, and reward you with my art. Details: https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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Yay! We are now at $600 and that covers the fixed overhead costs (payments that I need to have cash on hand before filming starts). So I can take a breathe and plan for actual shooting dates of #TheNightDancer Next target is to collect the remaining $400 to pay actors, so I'm counting on your continued generosity to help me make this short film! All I can say as thank you is through my artworks! 🙏

Details: https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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The shooting date for #TheNightDancer draws near, and as I played in #krita for inspiration on how to film the night scenes during day time, I ended up with this poster. I've raised $600 so far and I still need your support to make this horror short film. As thanks for donating I'll give my works; short films, short stories, digital art, wallpapers.

Details https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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Is there a way to schedule a @peertube video and have a premiere? I have a new short film and would want to set a premiere, have people sign up to watch and they get a notification once it goes live (there's a feature like that on youtube) so we can have a watch party or something.....

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@ambimist @peertube Oh, might be exactly what I am looking for, but perhaps it's not available in my instance. The options I see stop at password protection.

This story bundle with many African scifi books, including mine, ends in 16 days. If there are any "book influencers" here, or perhaps you want to run a campaign of some sort and need to give people a gift or bonus or something, let me know and I can get you gift codes.

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It's a bright Monday morning, and we've raised $170, which caters for rehearsals and can feed cast and crew for two days. I'm making #TheNightDancer short film, a revenge fantasy with dance as a magical weapon set in Luo (East African) mythology, and I need your support! As a reward, I'll give you my artwork, including short films, digital art, short stories, and novellas.

Details: https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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My #wip short film #TheNightDancer is a revenge fantasy based on Luo mythology, with dance as a magical force. I need your help to make it! Even $1 helps for there's no film market here to support #scifi films and the global economy and systems marginalizes us!

I'll share the film free on @dilmandila@video.ploud.jp

There are lots of rewards! my art, short story, novella, short film, graphic novel.

Details and how to donate https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

170/1000

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Contributions are now at $140. Yay!

It's very encouraging to get donations to support my film making hustle, for I work in a country without a market to support the creation of science fiction art; so I'm hoping that, this labor day, you'll throw here some pennies to help me make a revenge fantasy dance film. Even $1 helps and the rewards you get include my short films, short stories, novellas, graphic novel....

Details: https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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We are now at $150 and I can't thank enough all you who've spared a penny to help me make this short film, which I have been trying to make since 2021 but a lot of things got into the way. Yet I love the story so much that I never gave up on it, and so now I'll be shooting in late May/early June. I need your support! And I can only say thank you by giving you art rewards that I created.

Details https://www.dilmandila.com/crowdfund-for-the-night-dancer-short-film

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If you want to get into African scifi, there is a story bundle with lots of good books on it, including my collection of short stories, Where Rivers Go To Die.

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This crowdfunding thing, where platforms accept money from all over the world but only people based in certain countries can create campaigns, has bugged me a lot, so I wrote about it some more, wondering if it is a symptom of the colonial economic system that ensures money flows in only one direction. Read about it here, and let me know your thoughts!

https://www.dilmandila.com/the-plight-of-african-filmmakers-seeking-film-funds

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