KARAGANDA is an action film based on an award-winning thesis short filmed at the prestigious American Film Institute (voted #1 film school in the world by The Hollywood Reporter in 2011 - the year director Max Weissberg entered). This 26 min. short screened in 26 film festivals in 13 countries, earning 5 awards. Unlike the short, the feature will be in color. Note this short film was produced by "DBA LosFilm CA," a company separate from Karaganda LLC (but directed by Max Weissberg, the CEO of Karaganda, LLC). [Read More]
Funded
17%Min Investment
$100Amount Raised
$184,300Goal
$10K-$1MDays Left
0Newport Beach, CA
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Karaganda
Industry:
General
Security Type:
Non-voting Equity
Non-voting stock is stock that provides the shareholder very little or no vote on corporate matters.
Equity Opportunity
Date Filed:
January 22, 2019
Date Expires:
April 23, 2019
Valuation:
$1.1M
Platform:
StartEngine
Use of Proceeds
Please see Karaganda's Form C for more details
Management
Max Weissberg - LLC Manager - CEO - Producer/Director
A graduate of the American Film Institute’s directing program, Max Weissberg co-produced and appeared in the feature documentary film, HOTEL GRAMERCY PARK (2008), which included cameos by Ben Stiller, Jared Leto, Mischa Barton, Winona Ryder, and Kanye West. The film earned a jury citation at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and screened on the Sundance Channel for several years. Max’s feature film, SUMMERTIME IN NEW YORK (2011), screened at festivals including SXSW (as ROOM 4 RENT), and won best screenplay at First Time Fest. The film is available on a dozen VOD outlets. For the last 2 years he worked as a full-time Social Producer/Editor for TV Land & Paramount Network (Viacom), a global entertainment company. His main task was creating videos for Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for the television show Younger. Prior to that he worked as a freelancer editor for Viacom Velocity and worked on brands including Tylenol, 3M, Wendy's, Sonic, Nissan, and others. He currently works full-time primarily as an editor on a NBC Universal Snapchat series for October Films. He has been with Karaganda, LLC part-time working approximately 10 hours per week since its inception in April 2017. Website: www.luftmenschfilms.com.
Deal Structure
Purchase Price of Security Offered: $100
Deal Perks
- Thank you credit: $100 or more.
- Karaganda tote bag: $500 or more.
- Karaganda T-shirt: $500 or more.
- Dinner with the director: $2,500 or more. You and a guest will be invited to a special dinner (paid by the director) to discuss the project and anything else on your mind.
- Associate Producer: $10,000 or more. Inclusion in all plans for the making of Karaganda, and 1 trip to the set at your own expense.
- Featured Extra (does not include travel expenses): $20,000 or more.
- Co-producer: $25,000 or more. This includes one set visit, an invitation to all events, name in end credits and marketing materials.
- Executive Producer: $50,000 or more. This includes unlimited set visits, an invitation to all events, name in main credits and marketing materials.
- A line of dialogue in the film: $200,000 or more. Limit 2. You will be required to attend all rehearsals and shooting at your own expense. You will be paid according to SAG rates.
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