Help for indy films...

[rduncan]

Hey folks,

Low-budget filmmaker Cindy Baer is in the process of creating a revolutionary, non-profit company called "Patron of the Arts" (POTA for short) to help filmmakers fund their independent films. Well, thanks to the help of the MicroFilmmaker community, she and her business partner Jenn Mahoney have made it to the FINAL ROUND of a competition to win a $20,000 start-up grant to create this company! To win, they simply need the most votes before Monday night, June 30th at 9pm. They are in second place by only a few votes! Will you please help by voting ASAP? Voting is fast and not complicated. By supporting Cindy's venture, we also serve to help support future films any one of us may wish to do. (And we make a statement to the filmmaking community that low-budget filmmakers support one another!

Here's the info Cindy has made available for how to vote and help her and POTA out!

HOW TO HELP:



1.VOTE ASAP: It only takes a minute! (really!) Just follow this link, and click the green "vote" button. If you are not registered, it will ask you to register. Then you will immediately receive an email with a link to "click" to verify that you are a real person. Just click the link below one more time, and vote for Patron of the Arts: Save the Arts -Sponsor a Filmmaker Program by using the green "vote" button! (Each person is allowed one vote). Here's the link: http://ideablob.com/ideas/2412-Patron-of-the-Arts-Sponsor-a-F


2. SPREAD THE WORD: Feel free to forward this email to everyone you know; all the artists and filmmakers in your life: actors, writers, producers, painters, musicians... and your friends & family... anyone you think might vote for our film funding company!

3. CONNECT: Drop an email to say you voted! And if you are a filmmaker or artist who may be interested in participating in our film financing program, we hope we can help you too! Please send an email to filmmakers@PatronOfTheArts.org. POTA hopes to launch in 2-3 months, and will accepting filmmakers who need funding to participate in this free program!

4.PARTY AND FUN:If we win the grant, the sponsors throw a big party, and present POTA with one of those GIGANTIC checks you see in the lottery!! Needless to say, everyone who voted is invited to the party!

Thanks for all your support!
See you in the movies....


Cindy & Jenn
Co-Founders,
Patron of The Arts
Sponsor a Filmmaker Program
Cindy@PatronOfTheArts.org