100% of the funds will go towards the North Korean Human Rights Film Festival and to raise awareness of the dire situation in North Korea. We are not looking to keep any of this money or turn in any profit.
Our tipping point is $2,500.00. This will allow us to secure the venue, film distribution rights and a portion of our printing and advertising items. By reaching our tipping point, we at a minimum, will be able to hold a film festival. This tipping point
amount will be combined with our $1,150.00 in donations that we already have in hand. The total will be $3,650.00 which will be enough to cover the first three budget items below.
Our total goal is $6,500.00. If we reach this point, we will be able to raise more awareness. We will be able to print more posters and postcards to draw viewers to our event. We will also be able to print campaign/awareness posters and purchase easels which
will feature vital North Korean human rights information and images. We could also use this funding to construct a necklace which we believe has the potential to go viral and raise more awareness of our film festival and more importantly, North Korean human
rights. Lastly, we would be able have a thank you party for our volunteers, guest speakers and other individuals who are not directly connected to our festival. We want to thank and recognize these individuals.
The funds are broken down as follows:
$1,800.00 - Venue rental for 200 people. This is for three days and 21 total hours. During this time we will screen films, bring in guest speakers and make announcements.
$850.00 - Film distribution charges. In order to screen our films, we must pay distributors for the rights to show these movies. We are planning on showing six or seven films and where possible, have bargained the price as low as possible.
$1,000.00 - Printing and advertising. This will go towards printing postcards, posters, pamphlets and cards. These items will be put in as many places across the city of Toronto as possible. The goal of doing this is to attract as many viewers to our film
festival.
$1,000.00 - Campaign/Awareness posters. This will go specifically towards printing North Korean human rights posters and purchasing easels. These posters will feature North Korean defector testimonies, images of concentration camps in North Korea as well
as other information and items used to raise awareness of the real situation in North Korea.
$250.00 - Bake Sale fundraiser/awareness campaign. In the summer prior to our film festival, we would like to hold a bake sale where we can bring people together for some snacks in hopes of raising funds. We will also use this opportunity to
distribute advertising materials and invite people to our film festival. Funds go towards purchasing baked goods.
$1,000.00 - Awareness Necklaces. We have come up with a unique idea for a piece of jewelry that we believe people will feel motivated to purchase. This item is something that is closely identified with the people of North Korea and can be worn for two primary
reasons:(1) to show solidarity with the oppressed people of North Korea, and; (2) to raise awareness. We feel that this attractive necklace has the potential to go viral. The more people that purchase this item, the more awareness is spread of our film festival
and in turn, North Korean human rights. Funds allocated towards this budget item will be used to purchase and construct necklace items. All funds earned from the sales of these necklaces will be strictly used continuing to raise awareness.
$600.00 - Thank you event. We want to thank all of our guest speakers, film directors and hard working volunteers who will be (and have been) working hard to put on this event. Funds will be used to rent a facility and purchase food items.
