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Projector-a-Go-Go!! Bringing digital cinema North!

Stunning visuals on the big screen - Cinema as it's meant to be seen!

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Projector-a-Go-Go!! Bringing digital cinema North!

Projector-a-Go-Go!! Bringing digital cinema North!

Projector-a-Go-Go!! Bringing digital cinema North!

Projector-a-Go-Go!! Bringing digital cinema North!

Projector-a-Go-Go!! Bringing digital cinema North!

Stunning visuals on the big screen - Cinema as it's meant to be seen!

Stunning visuals on the big screen - Cinema as it's meant to be seen!

Stunning visuals on the big screen - Cinema as it's meant to be seen!

Stunning visuals on the big screen - Cinema as it's meant to be seen!

Dylan Griffith
Dylan Griffith
Dylan Griffith
Dylan Griffith
1 Campaign |
Whitehorse, Canada
$3,059 USD $3,059 USD 34 backers
22% of $13,903 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
WHO ARE WE?

The Yukon Film Society is a not-for-profit film and media arts organization based in Whitehorse, Yukon. We produce the annual Available Light Film Festival & ALFF Industry conference, as well as presenting films year-round as part of the Available Light Cinema series. We also offer film and media art production and technical skills workshops, maintain an inventory of film-making equipment for use by our members, and work with various partners and individuals both locally and nationally to support, facilitate and promote excellence in film and media arts.

Each year, YFS has to rent a Digital Cinema Projector for the Available Light Film Festival, at a cost of $8000-$10,000 per year. Without this projector, we wouldn't be able to show most of the films we screen at the festival as filmmakers rightly expect a certain technical standard when their films are shown at festivals or in theatres.

For the rest of the year - when we don't have a Digital Cinema Projector - we can't show new releases at all and have to wait until films become available on DVD or iTunes. This means that Yukon audiences have to wait months and sometimes years to see films that have long since come and gone from theatres down south.

Owning our own DCP projector has FIVE MAIN BENEFITS for our audiences and our community:

  • BRAND NEW RELEASES: With a state-of-the-art Digital Cinema Projector, we’ll be able to screen new movies while they’re still in theatrical or festival release. No more waiting months for movies to show up on DVD or iTunes.
  • IMAGE QUALITY: A beautiful bright clear image on the largest screen in the Yukon.
  • RELIABILITY: Digital Cinema Projectors use digital files, so no more DVDs or Blu-Ray discs - and no more skipping, stalling or refusing to play at all.
  • COMMUNITY ASSET: The new projector will be installed in the Yukon Arts Centre, where it can used by other arts and community groups to present a greater number and diversity of films that appeal to various tastes and interests.
  • FINANCIAL SAVINGS & SUSTAINABILITY: Owning our own Digital Cinema Projector means we’ll no longer have to rent a projector for the festival and ship it out from Toronto (at a cost of $8000-$10000 per festival). The money we’ll save over the life of the projector will be better spent on programming more great films such as those on the screens here at ALFF, and so doing ensuring the long-term financial viability of YFS.
WHAT WE NEED & WHAT YOU GET

The projector we have our eye on is a Barco DP2K-10S.  The total cost to purchase, ship and install this beauty - and to train Yukoners how to operate it - will be approximately $50,000. We hope to raise:

  • $20,000 through Indiegogo and individual donations during ALFF 2016
  • $20,000 through Lotteries Yukon
  • $10,000 through corporate contributions and fund-raising events 
To thank you for your contribution, we're offering the following benefits and recognition:

Friend of YFS ($20 - $49) - Recognition in the ALFF 2017 program guide and on the YFS website

Film Lover ($50 - $99) - All of the above, plus: Recognition on-screen at ALFF 2017 and a 2017/18 YFS Film Lover’s membership

Movie Nut ($100 - $249) - All of the above, plus: An additional 2017/18 YFS Film Lover’s membership and two tickets to the Available Light Cinema screening of your choice

Patron of the Arts ($250 - $499) - All of the above, plus: Two tickets to the ALFF 2017 Opening Gala

Cinephile ($500 - $999) All of the above, plus: Two additional Available Light Cinema  tickets and an ALFF 2017 Five Film Pass

Auteur ($1000+) All of the above, plus: An additional ALFF 2017 Five Film Pass,  a 2016-17 Available Light Cinema season pass, and invitation to an exclusive ALFF 2017 Preview Reception and recognition on-screen at all 2016-17 Available Light Cinema screenings.

**Special Web-only Bonus Benefit: Contribute $1500 or more to receive an exclusive evening of scotch & cinema with Available Light Festival Director Andrew Connors.

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Friend of YFS

Currency Conversion $17 USD
$25 CAD
Recognition in ALFF 2017 program guide and on YFS website!
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Film Lover

Currency Conversion $52 USD
$75 CAD
Recognition in ALFF 2017 program guide, YFS website and on-screen at ALFF 2017, plus a 2017/18 YFS Film Lover’s membership!
8 claimed

Movie Nut

Currency Conversion $104 USD
$150 CAD
Recognition in ALFF 2017 program guide, YFS website and on-screen at ALFF 2017, plus two 2017/18 YFS Film Lover’s memberships and two tickets to Available Light Cinema Screening of your choice!
9 claimed

Patron of the Arts

Currency Conversion $243 USD
$350 CAD
Recognition in ALFF 2017 program guide, YFS website and on-screen at ALFF 20177, plus two 2017/18 YFS Film Lover’s memberships, two tickets to the Available Light Cinema Screening of your choice and two tickets to the ALFF 2017 Opening Gala!
5 claimed

Cinephile

Currency Conversion $521 USD
$750 CAD
Recognition in ALFF 2017 program guide, YFS website and on-screen at ALFF 20177, plus two 2017/18 YFS Film Lover’s memberships, four tickets to the Available Light Cinema Screening of your choice, two tickets to the ALFF 2017 Opening Gala and an ALFF 2017 Five Film Pass!
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Auteur

Currency Conversion $695 USD
$1,000 CAD
Recognition in ALFF 2017 program guide, YFS website and on-screen at ALFF 2017, plus two 2017/18 YFS Film Lover’s memberships, four tickets to the Available Light Cinema Screening of your choice, two tickets to the ALFF 2017 Opening Gala, two ALFF 2017 Five Film Passes, an Available Light Cinema season pass, an invitation to an exclusive ALFF 2017 preview reception and a big thank you on-screen before every every 206-17 Available Light Cinema screening!
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Scotch & Cinema

Currency Conversion $1,043 USD
$1,500 CAD
All of the benefits of an Auteur, plus a private evening with Festival Director Andrew Connors over a bottle of the finest scotch the Yukon Liquor Corp. has to offer!
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