This campaign is closed

Ganjaland: Amsterdam Coffeeshops Documentary

Help me raise money for completing my documentary about Amsterdam's Coffeeshop culture!

Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed
Closed

Ganjaland: Amsterdam Coffeeshops Documentary

Ganjaland: Amsterdam Coffeeshops Documentary

Ganjaland: Amsterdam Coffeeshops Documentary

Ganjaland: Amsterdam Coffeeshops Documentary

Ganjaland: Amsterdam Coffeeshops Documentary

Help me raise money for completing my documentary about Amsterdam's Coffeeshop culture!

Help me raise money for completing my documentary about Amsterdam's Coffeeshop culture!

Help me raise money for completing my documentary about Amsterdam's Coffeeshop culture!

Help me raise money for completing my documentary about Amsterdam's Coffeeshop culture!

Emre Tuncel
Emre Tuncel
Emre Tuncel
Emre Tuncel
1 Campaign |
İstanbul, Turkey
$75 USD 2 backers
5% of $1,355 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Short Summary


Hi! I'm a Film and Television graduate from İstanbul, Turkey. Two years ago, during my education, I started a documentary project about Amsterdam's Coffeeshops. Being a tourist for several times before filming, I was already interested in the culture and after meeting some interesting people in the business, I started to get interested in the politics too. 

I decided to make the documentary two years ago, after the closing down of the coffeeshops in Maastricht to the foreigners. The rumor was, a law is coming to the Netherlands that will forbid foreigners to enjoy coffeeshops. Most people believed that the events in Maastricht was the baby steps of this law.

I was in the Netherlands just a couple of weeks before the decision was made. I interviewed many people from different backgrounds such as coffeeshop owners, former policemen, journalists and so forth about the subject and their predictions regarding the law will pass or not. 

Eventually, the law didn't passed after I returned back to İstanbul. Although foreign visitors can still enjoy coffeeshops, now there are other factors in play in order to minimize the amount of coffeeshops in the city. For example, because of a law that indicates no coffeeshops are allowed near 250 meters to a school, many coffeeshops had to close down their doors forever. 

Now, I need your help to complete the documentary by filming the aftermath of the events that I filmed two years ago. I want capture how the government is still trying to close down coffeshops with new laws and regulations although they can't close all of them at once. In order to make a closure about my research, I want to explore what happened during those two years after the threat and how is the government is becoming much more conservative over the years.


What I Need 

Two years ago, I went alone with two cameras and a sound recorder in my backpack and I stayed there for ten days. I have my own equipments to film and I will do the post production by myself too. Being a backpacker and a filmmaker at the same time, I only need the pay for my travelling and accommodation costs in order to finish the documentary. So, all of the money that that is funded here will be spent to:


Visa Application: 100 EURO
Plane Tickets: 250 EURO
Accommodation for 10 Days: 350 EURO
Food and personal needs (50 EURO for each day): 500 EURO,
Which is adding up to a total of 1200 Euro that I need to raise in order to finish this journey! 
The currency is set as USD because i cannot transfer the fundings to my bank account in EUR according to Indiegogo. So after the conversion, it is adding up to 1355 USD.

The Impact

My personal and primary goal about this project is to create a feature length documentary about Amsterdam's coffeeshop culture, which will be a immortal way that will allow us to cinematically enjoy everything that surrounds it. Your contribution will be a support to create the film and spread it around the world for viewers to enjoy.


And that's all there is to it.


Thank you for your time and support!

You can contact me for more information and your thoughts about the project anytime from emretuncel90@gmail.com!
Looking for more information? Check the project FAQ
Need more information
Let us know if you think this campaign contains prohibited content.

Choose your Perk

Cheers!

$5 USD
Help me make the film and spread it all around the world! Receive a thank you tweet and special clips from the film before its release!
0 claimed

Your limited digital copy

$10 USD
You will receive a digital copy that will allow you to watch the film for 5 days when it is finished!
0 claimed

Your personal online copy!

$25 USD
A link that will allow you to watch the complete film forever. (And all of the perks above)
1 claimed

Your personal DVD!

$50 USD
Receive a DVD of the film (and all of the perks above)
1 claimed

You made it into the film!

$100 USD
Special thanks in the credits (and all of the perks above)
0 claimed

Watch the film in a theater!

$250 USD
Get invited to a screening near you! (And all of the perks above)
0 claimed

Be the Associate Producer!

$500 USD
Associate Producer credit at the end of the film! Receive rough cuts of the film during the editing process and help me improve it! (And all of the perks above)
0 claimed

Be the Executive Producer!

$750 USD
Executive Producer credit at the end of the film! (And all of the perks above)
0 claimed

Be the Executive Producer!

$1,000 USD
Executive Producer credit at the end of the film! (And all of the perks above)
0 claimed

Be the Producer!

$1,200 USD
Producer credit at the end of the film! (And all of the perks above)
0 claimed
Tags for this project
Up Caret